Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't.
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Quotes by Margaret Thatcher
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The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples' money.
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.
Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.
If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.
You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.
I love argument, I love debate. I don't expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me, that's not their job.
If you lead a country like Britain, a strong country, a country which has taken a lead in world affairs in good times and in bad, a country that is always reliable, then you have to have a touch of iron about you.
Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.
If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.
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.
I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.
A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us.
There is no such thing as society: there are individual men and women, and there are families.
I seem to smell the stench of appeasement in the air.
Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.
To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.
Being prime minister is a lonely job... you cannot lead from the crowd.
Nothing is more obstinate than a fashionable consensus.
To me, consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies. So it is something in which no one believes and to which no one objects.
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.
If you want to cut your own throat, don't come to me for a bandage.
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.
I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end good will triumph.
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