Quotes by Margaret Thatcher

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

— Margaret Thatcher

Wisdom

The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples' money.

— Margaret Thatcher

Wisdom

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.

— Margaret Thatcher

Success

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

— Margaret Thatcher

Wisdom

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

— Margaret Thatcher

Wisdom

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

— Margaret Thatcher

Wisdom

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

— Margaret Thatcher

Love

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.

— Margaret Thatcher

Life

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

— Margaret Thatcher

Wisdom

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

— Margaret Thatcher

Success

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.

— Margaret Thatcher

Success

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

— Margaret Thatcher

Wisdom

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

— Margaret Thatcher

Life

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

— Margaret Thatcher

Wisdom

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

— Margaret Thatcher

Wisdom

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

— Margaret Thatcher

Wisdom

To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.

— Margaret Thatcher

Love

Being prime minister is a lonely job... you cannot lead from the crowd.

— Margaret Thatcher

Wisdom

Nothing is more obstinate than a fashionable consensus.

— Margaret Thatcher

Wisdom

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.

— Margaret Thatcher

Wisdom

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.

— Margaret Thatcher

Wisdom

If you want to cut your own throat, don't come to me for a bandage.

— Margaret Thatcher

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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.

— Margaret Thatcher

Wisdom

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

— Margaret Thatcher

Wisdom