Quotes by
Margaret Thatcher |
1925-2013 , British Prime Minister
British stateswoman who was Prime Minister of UK from 1979 to 1990. She was the longest-serving British prime minister of the 20th century, and the first woman to have held the office. A Soviet journalist dubbed her The Iron Lady, a nickname that had become 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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Quotations
| • | The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money. 14 |
| • | In politics, If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman. 10 |
| • | Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't. 7 |
| • | But if Saddam had been in a position credibly to threaten America or any of its allies – or the coalition's forces – with attack by missiles with nuclear warheads, would we have gone to the Gulf at all? 6 |
| • | You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it. 5 |
| • | 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. 5 |
| • | We've beaten the Germans twice and now they're back! (on Germany's reunification, in 1989, according to Chancellor Helmut Kohl) 5 |
| • | The feminists hate me, don’t they? And I don’t blame them. For I hate feminism. It is poison. 5 |
| • | Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy. 4 |
| • | Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan. 4 |
| • | Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story. 4 |
| • | I started life with two great advantages: no money, and good parents. 4 |
| • | 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. 3 |
| • | I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end. 3 |
| • | If you just set out to be liked, you will be prepared to compromise on anything at anytime, and would achieve nothing. 3 |
| • | It used to be about trying to do something. Now it's about trying to be someone. 3 |
| • | No-one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions; he had money as well. 3 |
| • | In my lifetime all our problems have come from mainland Europe and all the solutions have come from the English-speaking nations across the world. 3 |
| • | Constitutions have to be written on hearts, not just paper. 3 |
| • | Don't follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you. 2 |
| • | I usually make up my mind about a man in ten seconds, and I very rarely change it 2 |
Funny Quotes
| • | On my way here I passed a local cinema and it turns out you were expecting me after all, for the billboards read: “The Mummy Returns”. 2 |
Stupid Quotes
| • | I don't think there will be a woman prime minister in my lifetime. (on “Val meets the V.I.P.s”, BBC, 5 March, 1973) 2 |
