Margaret ThatcherRogue states never turn out to be quite the pariahs they are deemed. They are only able to cause, or at least threaten to cause, mayhem because they enjoy the covert support - usu… ▶371Politics
Margaret ThatcherWe should not expect the state to appear in the guise of an extravagant good fairy at every christening, a loquacious companion at every stage of life's journey, and the unknown m… ▶371LifePoliticsReading
Margaret ThatcherI do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. ✨ Biography/Personal Quotes. www.imdb.com.371Politics
Margaret ThatcherNothing is more obstinate than a fashionable consensus. ✨ Empowering girls is about rights, not just economics by Tanya Barron, www.theguardian.com. January 25, 2014.371Politics
Margaret ThatcherIf you want to cut your own throat, don't come to me for a bandage. ✨ 1986 Comment to Robert Mugabe, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, when he pressed for sanctions against South … ▶361Time
Margaret ThatcherThere is no such thing as society, there is a living tapestry of men and women and the beauty of that tapestry, and the quality of our lives, will depend upon how much each of us … ▶363HumanityLife
Margaret ThatcherYoung people ought not to be idle, it is very bad for them.352Humanity
Margaret ThatcherYes, the Commission wants to increase its powers, Yes, it is a non-elected body and I do not want the Commission to increase its powers at the expense of the House, so of course w… ▶341PoliticsReading
Margaret ThatcherThe European single currency is bound to fail, economically, politically and indeed socially, though the timing, occasion and full consequences are all necessarily still unclear.375Politics
Margaret ThatcherI'm also very much aware that it is you who brought democracy to Chile, you set up a constitution suitable for democracy, you put it into effect, elections were held, and then, in… ▶342Politics
Margaret ThatcherPeople are really rather afraid that this country might be rather swamped by people with a different culture. ✨ Margaret Thatcher, Iain Dale (1997). As I said to Denis--: th… ▶331HumanityReading
Margaret ThatcherNo one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions; he had money as well. ✨ Television interview, 6 Jan. 1986, in The Times 12 Jan. 1986331Time
Margaret ThatcherDisciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.364Truth
Margaret ThatcherI would not wish to be Prime Minister, dear.375Reflection
Margaret ThatcherIt used to be about trying to do something. Now it's about trying to be someone.365Life
Margaret ThatcherIf we open our hearts to God, He has promised to work within us. ✨ Margaret Thatcher (1989). The revival of Britain: speeches on home and European affairs, 1975-1988321Love
Margaret ThatcherI wasn't lucky. I deserved it. ✨ Margaret Thatcher, Iain Dale (1997). As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations, Robson Book Ltd365Reading
Margaret ThatcherLook at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's a day you've had everything to do and you've done it.376Politics
Margaret ThatcherAnd what a prize we have to fight for: no less than the chance to banish from our land the dark divisive clouds of Marxist socialism. ✨ Margaret Thatcher, Iain Dale (1997). … ▶332Reading
Margaret ThatcherIt is one of the great weaknesses of reasonable men and women that they imagine that projects which fly in the face of commonsense are not serious or being seriously undertaken.376Reading
Margaret ThatcherHad I faltered we would have neither the success nor the international reputation we have. Yet when a woman is strong she is strident. If a man is strong, he's a good guy.332Life
Margaret ThatcherIt is not the business of politicians to please everyone. ✨ Margaret Thatcher, Iain Dale (1997). As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations, Robson Book … ▶354PoliticsReading
Margaret ThatcherEvery family should have the right to spend their money, after tax, as they wish, and not as the government dictates. Let us extend choice, extend the will to choose and the chanc… ▶376Politics
Margaret ThatcherThis lady is not for turning. ✨ Iron Lady's speeches. news.bbc.co.uk. March 22, 2002.332Life
Margaret ThatcherYou don't tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive. ✨ Margaret Thatcher, Iain Dale (1997). As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations, … ▶354ReadingTime
Margaret ThatcherIf my critics saw me walking over the Thames they would say it was because I couldn't swim. ✨ Biography/Personal Quotes. www.imdb.com.321Thought
Margaret ThatcherConsensus is the negation of leadership. ✨ Los Angeles Times Interview : Margaret Thatcher : The Lady's Not Made for Ducking a Tough Question. Los Angeles Times Intervi… ▶344Time
Margaret ThatcherA man who, beyond the age of 26, finds himself on a bus can count himself as a failure.355Sadness
Margaret ThatcherSocialism's results have ranged between the merely shabby and the truly catastrophic - poverty, strife, oppression and, on the killing fields of communism, the deaths this century… ▶377DeathHumanityPolitics
Margaret ThatcherWe weren't getting a fair deal on the budget and I wasn't going to have it. There's a great strand of equity and fairness in the British people - this is our characteristic. There… ▶333Humanity
