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> [In foreign policy, there are times when speaking with one voice - and it doesn't have to be mine - allows us to engage better on issues, and enables us to do things more effectively.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-ashton/in-foreign-policy-there-are-times-when-speaking-with-one-voice-and-it/)

[Catherine Ashton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-ashton/)

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## More by Catherine Ashton

> [In the EU you have half a billion people who share a common belief in democracy, in rights, in the kind of economic life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-ashton/in-the-eu-you-have-half-a-billion-people-who-share-a-common-belief-in/)

[Catherine Ashton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-ashton/)

> [I'm not interested in the limelight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-ashton/i-m-not-interested-in-the-limelight/)

[Catherine Ashton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-ashton/)

> [Foreign policy is about trying to deliver for them the best possible economic benefits, the chance to travel, to study, to work, the opportunity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-ashton/foreign-policy-is-about-trying-to-deliver-for-them-the-best-possible/)

[Catherine Ashton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-ashton/)

> [Judge me on what I do and I think you will be pleased and proud of me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-ashton/judge-me-on-what-i-do-and-i-think-you-will-be-pleased-and-proud-of-me/)

[Catherine Ashton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-ashton/)

> [In foreign policy, there are times when speaking with one voice - and it doesn't have to be mine - allows us to engage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-ashton/in-foreign-policy-there-are-times-when-speaking-with-one-voice-and-it/)

[Catherine Ashton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-ashton/)

> [Am I an ego on legs? No I am not. Do I want to be seen out there all the time saying everything? No,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-ashton/am-i-an-ego-on-legs-no-i-am-not-do-i-want-to-be-seen-out-there-all/)

[Catherine Ashton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-ashton/)

> [I look for the consensus because the consensus drives the policy into new places.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-ashton/i-look-for-the-consensus-because-the-consensus-drives-the-policy-into/)

[Catherine Ashton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-ashton/)

> [I was the first woman British commissioner, the first woman trade commissioner, so I am also proud to be the first woman High Representative.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-ashton/i-was-the-first-woman-british-commissioner-the-first-woman-trade/)

[Catherine Ashton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-ashton/)

> [Im not interested in the limelight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-ashton/im-not-interested-in-the-limelight/)

[Catherine Ashton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-ashton/)

> [I am proud of the fact that women have been recognised as being as capable, as able to do the senior jobs in Europe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-ashton/i-am-proud-of-the-fact-that-women-have-been-recognised-as-being-as/)

[Catherine Ashton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-ashton/)

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