Top 45 Ann Widdecombe Quotes

Believing in God was something I took as much for granted as the air I breathed. Religion wasn’t something that came out of a box on Sunday.

It is a truth universally unacknowledged at Westminster that there is life after politics.

People wanted to protest, and Ukip’s a conduit for that.

One of my best moments was getting a constituent out of jail in Morocco, by which of course I mean I got him released not that I sprung him.

Hindsight is a wonderful thing.

Cats are so wonderful because they’re furry, purry and totally independent.

The E.U. is terrified that we might become a competitor on its doorstep and that is exactly what we should be.

If any further proof were needed that the Liberal Democrats live up to neither part of their name, then the treatment of Roman Catholic Robert Flello would have provided it. They were glad enough to have him when he defected from Labour but have now deselected him because he supports neither abortion nor gay marriage.

I am not a natural dancer, not even a half way competent dancer.

Never judge something by whether it is popular or not. You don’t have to follow trends. No one thought William Wilberforce was right at first.

Not even the severest critics of Jeffrey Archer can deny his style.

Men are easier to get on with than women. They tend not to make emotional demands on you.

Everything I did in politics affected somebody.

I think a sense of family, of commitment to family, and of helping each other and standing by each other, are essential. I pity anyone who doesn’t grow up with that.

I can’t hear rhythm.

What I do not like is militant secularism, whereby anything is acceptable as long as it’s not Christian.

Mice are everywhere at Westminster but many MPs, including me, did not report them because we were afraid of their possible fate.

The child in the womb has no voice but Parliament‘s. Many MPs who voted for the 1967 Act did not think they were abandoning the unborn because they were fooled by the supposed safeguards. Now we know just how ineffective those safeguards are.

The Arctic has huge glaciers, frozen waterfalls and floating ice. This is scenery on which man has left no mark, which has stayed unchanged for centuries, wild, bleak, hauntingly beautiful; it is a part of God’s creation we have made no effort to tame.

Some books are like an hors d’oeuvre – light, tasty and leaving you longing for the main course which is never going to come – and some are like Christmas lunch immediately after a cooked breakfast.

I have always believed prison can be very, very good for you but not by the act of deprivation of liberty alone. There has to be more to life inside than that.

Satisfaction is a major player in the happiness stakes.

I am so used to seeing a blond in the mirror that I forget that for most of my life I was very dark. Old photos are still a bit of a shock.

Everybody who talks about ‘Strictly‘ talks psychobabble. They say they’re going on a journey, or trying to build their confidence, or getting over a divorce or something. People say there must be a deep reason to do these things. But there isn’t! I’m just having fun.

In the 1990s, while the Maastricht debate was raging, I was a minister in the Major government. Every single piece of legislation we proposed had to be scrutinised for compatibility with E.U. law.

I suspect my own journey to Brexit has closely followed that of Britain‘s. I had doubts, then I decided we should stay in, then I had very serious doubts as our island began to sink under a tide of regulations and our government lost control of the immigration system.

Some of the finest comedies have chosen the Church as its subject and would indeed make most Christians laugh, give or take the occasional wince as a barb goes home. I have very fond memories of ‘Our Man at St Marks‘ and long for the day when it is released on DVD but I won’t hold my breath.

I’d rather form my own party than ever join Ukip. We could call it the Widdy Mob. I’m joking.

Britain must govern Britain and nothing less will do.

Cats are ideal for politicians. I had two when I arrived at Westminster, Sooty and Sweep, who had come with a flat I had bought six years earlier in Fulham from someone who was about to go abroad. There was a better offer ahead of me but she took mine because I would take the cats.

I am a Conservative: I’m never going to be anything else.

I do not mind if a PM or leader of the opposition is single but if he or she chooses to dispense with marriage despite living with someone and having children, then I think that shows a contempt for marriage which sends an unfortunate message.

I don’t analyse myself.

For most of my political life I was not ecstatic but I was happy because I had huge confidence in the causes I espoused and the work I was doing. Even under extreme pressure I was satisfied that I was fighting a good fight.

Always carry a handkerchief. Especially in television studios.

The Home Office is a vast department where business as usual means that something is going wrong and, given the nature of the business, the disasters rarely lack a high profile.

I am toothy, dumpy, ugly, overweight, a spinster – what the hell?

Cats, unlike dogs, are independent creatures. They do not need walking and are content to be alone all day, providing they are fed.

I left the Church of England because there was a huge bundle of straw. The ordination of women was the last straw, but it was only one of many. For years I had been disillusioned by the Church of England’s compromising on everything. The Catholic Church doesn’t care if something is unpopular.

The postcode lottery means that the level of care you get differs hugely around the country, and the health service simply cannot meet every demand that is put upon it.

If we deny our culture and become nothing and everything, that weakens us.

Strictly’s strength is its appeal to all the family. The greatest compliment I was paid during my stint was from a lady at Paddington station who told me that every time the programme came on her four-year-old son would demand: ‘Where’s that granny, Mummy? I want the granny to win.’

If I were queen for a day, every city would have to spend one hour in utter silence: no music in shops and restaurants, no honking of horns, no conversations on mobile phones. Only birds would be allowed to sing.

We have no blasphemy laws these days but with that freedom comes the responsibility which should always attend the exercise of free speech: truth, courtesy and an awareness of impact. It is the last of these which is so neglected by so much modern comedy.

All of us, whether public figures or private individuals, should feel safe in our own homes and not fear surveillance from nosy neighbours.