Quotes by Margaret Thatcher

About Margaret Thatcher:

Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher is the only woman to have held the office. A Soviet journalist called her the "Iron Lady", a nickname that became associated with her uncompromising politics and leadership style. As Prime Minister, she implemented policies that have come to be known as Thatcherism.
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We were told our campaign wasn't sufficiently slick. We regard that as a compliment.

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.

Margaret Thatcher

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

Margaret Thatcher

Look 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.

Margaret Thatcher

Christmas is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm circle of family and friends.

Margaret Thatcher

Consensus: “The process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values, and policies in search of something in which no one believes, but to which no one objects; the process of avoiding the very issues that have to be solved, merely because you can...

Margaret Thatcher

Being democratic is not enough, a majority cannot turn what is wrong into right. In order to be considered truly free, countries must also have a deep love of liberty and an abiding respect for the rule of law.

Margaret Thatcher

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

Margaret Thatcher

When I'm out of politics I'm going to run a business, it'll be called rent-a-spine

Margaret Thatcher

It used to be about trying to do something. Now it's about trying to be someone.

Margaret Thatcher

Don't follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you.

Margaret Thatcher

In politics, If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.

Margaret Thatcher

I'm back... and you knew I was coming. On my way here I passed a cinema with the sign 'The Mummy Returns'.

Margaret Thatcher

Left-wing zealots have often been prepared to ride roughshod over due process and basic considerations of fairness when they think they can get away with it. For them the ends always seems to justify the means. That is precisely how their predecessor...

Margaret Thatcher

El socialismo es un sistema que prefiere que los pobres sean más pobres con tal que los ricos sean menos ricos.

Margaret Thatcher

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

Margaret Thatcher

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

Margaret Thatcher

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

Margaret Thatcher

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

Margaret Thatcher

Every 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 chance to choose.

Margaret Thatcher

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

Margaret Thatcher

Author Bio

  • NameMargaret Thatcher
  • DescriptionPrime Minister of the United Kingdom
  • AliasesBaroness Thatcher; Margaret Hilda Thatcher; Margaret Roberts; Maggie Thatcher; Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher; Baroness Margaret Thatcher; Margaret Thatcher
  • BornOctober 13, 1925
  • DiedApril 8, 2013
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionPolitician; Chemist; Autobiographer
  • AwardsMember Of The Order Of Merit; Presidential Medal Of Freedom; Lady Of The Garter; Fellow Of The Royal Society; Order Of The White Lion; Ronald Reagan Freedom Award