Famous Margaret Thatcher Quotations

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"You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it."
by Margaret Thatcher
"Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't."
by Margaret Thatcher
"A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us."
by Margaret Hilda Thatcher
"To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan you should wear it inside, where it functions best."
by Margaret Hilda Thatcher
"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."
by Margaret Hilda Thatcher
"You don't tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive."
by Margaret Hilda Thatcher
"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."
by Margaret Hilda Thatcher
"A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us"
by Margaret Thatcher
"Attila the Hen."
by Clement Freud (about Margaret Thatcher)
"Being a leader is like being a lady, if you have to go around telling people you are one, you aren't"
by Margaret Thatcher
"Being powerful is a lot like being a woman: If you have to tell someone that you are, invariably, you are not."
by Margaret Thatcher
"Being in power is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren’t."
by Margaret Thatcher
"Democratic nations must try to find ways to starve the terrorist and the hijacker of the oxygen of publicity on which they depend"
by Margaret Thatcher
"Economics are the method; the object is to change the soul."
by Margaret Thatcher
"Europe will never be like America. Europe is a product of history. America is a product of philosophy."
by Margaret Thatcher
"Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy."
by Margaret Thatcher
"For the first time perhaps since Margaret Thatcher, we will have at the head of the Conservative Party someone who is genuinely an equal match for Tony Blair."
by Tim Yeo
"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"
by Margaret Thatcher
"I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end."
by Margaret Thatcher
"I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end"
by Margaret Thatcher
"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."
by Margaret Hilda Thatcher
"I have a habit of comparing the phraseology of communiqus, one with another across the years, and noting a certain similarity of words, a certain similarity of optimism in the reports which followed the summit meetings and a certain similarity in the lack of practical results during the ensuing years."
by Margaret Hilda Thatcher
"I have made it quite clear that a unified Ireland was one solution that is out. A second solution was a confederation of two states. That is out. A third solution was joint authority. That is out-that is a derogation of sovereignty."
by Margaret Hilda Thatcher
"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."
by Margaret Hilda Thatcher
"I like Mr Gorbachev, we can do business together."
by Margaret Hilda Thatcher
"I love argument, I love debate. I don't expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me, that's not their job"
by Margaret Thatcher
"I seem to smell the stench of appeasement in the air."
by Margaret Thatcher
"I usually make up my mind about a man in ten seconds; and I very rarely change it."
by Margaret Thatcher
"I'm not quite sure of his place in history. History will determine that."
by Margaret Thatcher
"I'm not a good butcher but I've had to learn to carve the joint. People expect a new look."
by Margaret Hilda Thatcher
"I'm fine, I'm fine. I feel fine. The doctors assessed her this morning and say she is OK."
by Margaret Thatcher
"If my critics saw me walking over the Thames they would say it was because I couldn't swim."
by Margaret Thatcher
"If my critics saw me walking over the Thames they would say it was because I couldn't swim"
by Margaret Thatcher
"If you go into what I call a bubble boom, every bubble bursts."
by Margaret Hilda Thatcher
"If you just set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing"
by Margaret Thatcher
"If you want something said, ask a man if you want something done, ask a woman."
by Margaret Hilda Thatcher
"If you want to cut your own throat, don't come to me for a bandage."
by Margaret Hilda Thatcher
"In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man; if you want anything done, ask a woman."
by Margaret Thatcher
"In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man; if you want anything done, ask a woman"
by Margaret Thatcher
"It's a funny old world."
by 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 when you've had everything to do, and you've done it."
by Margaret Hilda Thatcher
"Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story"
by Margaret Thatcher
"On my way here I passed a local cinema and it turned out you were expecting me after all, for the billboards read: The Mummy Returns"
by Margaret Thatcher
"One hopes to achieve the zero option, but in the absence of that we must achieve balanced numbers. (On Soviet and Allied missiles in Europe)"
by Margaret Hilda Thatcher
"Pennies do not come from heaven. They have to be earned here on earth"
by Margaret Thatcher
"Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true."
by Margaret Thatcher
"Platitudes Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true."
by Margaret Hilda Thatcher
"Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides"
by Margaret Thatcher
"Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous you get knocked down by traffic from both sides."
by Margaret Hilda Thatcher
"Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by traffic from both sides."
by Margaret Thatcher
"Success is having a flair for the thing that you are doing"
by Margaret Thatcher
"The lady's not for turning."
by Margaret Thatcher
"There can be no liberty unless there is economic liberty."
by Margaret Thatcher
"There can be no liberty unless there is economic liberty"
by Margaret Thatcher
"To cure the British disease with socialism was like trying to cure leukaemia with leeches"
by Margaret Thatcher
"We have lost a great president and a great man, and I have lost a great friend,"
by Margaret Thatcher
"We were told our campaign wasn't sufficiently slick. We regard that as a compliment."
by Margaret Thatcher
"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."
by Margaret Hilda Thatcher
"I have a habit of comparing the phraseology of communiques...noting a certain similarity of words, a certain similarity of optimism...and a certain similarity in the lack of practical results during the ensuring years."
by Margaret Thatcher
"If it is once again one against forty-eight, then I am very sorry for the forty-eight."
by Margaret Thatcher
"The battle for women's rights has been largely won."
by Margaret Thatcher
"To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best."
by Margaret Thatcher
"Public speaking is done in the public tongue, the national or tribal language; and the language of our tribe is the men's language. Of course women learn it. We're not dumb. If you can tell Margaret Thatcher from Ronald Reagan, or Indira Gandhi from General Somoza, by anything they say, tell me how. This is a man's world, so it talks a man's language."
by Ursula K. LeGuin
"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."
by Margaret Thatcher
"I am extraordinarily patient provided I get my own way in the end."
by Margaret Thatcher
"This lady is not for turning."
by Margaret Thatcher
"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."
by Margaret Thatcher
"Most women defend themselves. It is the female of the species -- it is the tigress and lioness in you -- which tends to defend when attacked."
by Margaret Thatcher
"I owe nothing to Women's Lib."
by Margaret Thatcher
"Women have plenty of roles in which they can serve with distinction: some of us even run countries. But generally we are better at wielding the handbag than the bayonet."
by Margaret Thatcher
"Pennies do not come from heaven -- they have to be earned here on earth."
by Margaret Thatcher
"I do not know anyone who has gotten to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but it will get you pretty near."
by Margaret Thatcher
"Being prime minister is a lonely job.... you cannot lead from the crowd."
by Margaret Thatcher
"I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end good will triumph."
by Margaret Thatcher
"I shan't be pulling the levers there but I shall be a very good back-seat driver."
by Margaret Thatcher


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