Margaret Thatcher Quotes

Unless we change our ways and our direction, our greatness as a nation will soon be a footnote in the history books, a distant memory of an offshore island, lost in the mists of time like Camelot, remembered kindly for its noble past.

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This lady is not for turning.

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There are still people in my party who believe in consensus politics. I regard them as Quislings, as traitors... I mean it.

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Her supporters call her The Iron Lady, ... have brought equal competence, strength and courage to everything that they do.

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If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.

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Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.

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To cure the British disease with socialism was like trying to cure leukaemia with leeches.

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If you just set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.

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I'm fine, I'm fine. I feel fine. The doctors assessed her this morning and say she is OK.

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One only gets to the top rung of the ladder by steadily climbing up one at a time, and suddenly all sorts of powers, all sorts of abilities which you thought never belonged to you--suddenly become within your own possibility and you think, ''Well, I'll have a go, too.''

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Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher praised the pontiff's role in toppling communism. Millions owe him their freedom and self-respect. The whole world is inspired by his example, ... His life was a long struggle against the lies employed to excuse evil. By combating the falsehoods of communism and proclaiming the true dignity of the individual, his was the moral force behind victory in the Cold War.

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No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions he had money as well.

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Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.

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I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.

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If you want something said, ask a man if you want something done, ask a woman.

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What Britain needs is an iron lady.

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I want my money back

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must be allowed to return to his own country forthwith.

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Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.

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No woman in my time will be prime minister or chancellor or foreign secretary - not the top jobs. Anyway, I wouldn't want to be prime minister you have to give yourself 100 percent.

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In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man if you want anything done, ask a woman.

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I don't mind how much my Ministers talk, so long as they do what I say.

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Democratic nations must try to find ways to starve the terrorist and the hijacker of the oxygen of publicity on which they depend.

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I shan't be pulling the levers there but I shall be a very good back-seat driver.

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What is success I think it is a mixture of having a flair for the thing that you are doing knowing that it is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose.

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