Quotes By Margaret Thatcher

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

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.

Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan.

It pays to know the enemy - not least because at some time you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend.

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.

It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake.

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.

The battle for women's rights has been largely won.

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

I love argument, I love debate. I don't expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me, that's not their job.

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.

I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

I like Mr. Gorbachev, we can do business together.

I've got a woman's ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves it.