Quotes By Margaret Thatcher

Ought we not to ask the media to agree among themselves a voluntary code of conduct, under which they would not say or show anything which could assist the terrorists' morale or their cause while the hijack lasted.

There is no such thing as society: there are individual men and women, and there are families.

Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't.

I usually make up my mind about a man in ten seconds, and I very rarely change it.

People think that at the top there isn't much room. They tend to think of it as an Everest. My message is that there is tons of room at the top.

What Britain needs is an iron lady.

Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.

I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.

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.

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

I'm extraordinarily patient provided I get my own way in the end.

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

One of the things being in politics has taught me is that men are not a reasoned or reasonable sex.

It's passionately interesting for me that the things that I learned in a small town, in a very modest home, are just the things that I believe have won the election.

I seem to smell the stench of appeasement in the air.

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.

I owe nothing to Women's Lib.

Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.

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

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

Nothing is more obstinate than a fashionable consensus.

A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us.

Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true.

We were told our campaign wasn't sufficiently slick. We regard that as a compliment.

You and I come by road or rail, but economists travel on infrastructure.

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

I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end good will triumph.

I just owe almost everything to my father and it's passionately interesting for me that the things that I learned in a small town, in a very modest home, are just the things that I believe have won the election.

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