Quotes by Margaret Thatcher

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

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

“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.”

“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...”

“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 iss...”

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

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

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

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

“Do you know that one of the great problems of our age is that we are governed by people who care more about feelings than they do about thoughts and ideas.”

“Thought Leadership The Downing Street Years Book by Margaret ThatcherI have a habit of comparing the phraseology of communiques . . . noting a certain similarity of words, a certain similarity of o...”

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

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

“The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.”

“When people are free to choose, they choose freedom”

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

“Some Socialists seem to believe that people should be numbers in a State computer. We believe they should be individuals. We are all unequal. No one, thank heavens, is like anyone else, however muc...”

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

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

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