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Margaret Thatcher Quotes


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

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

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

The battle for women's rights has been largely won.

There are still people in my party who believe in consensus politics. I regard them as Quislings, as traitors... I mean it.

There can be no liberty unless there is economic liberty.

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

This lady is not for turning.

To cure the British disease with socialism was like trying to cure leukaemia with leeches.

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.

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

We were told our campaign wasn't sufficiently slick. We regard that as a compliment.

What Britain needs is an iron lady.

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.

You and I come by road or rail, but economists travel on infrastructure.

You don't tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive.

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