Margaret Thatcher

“Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.”

— Margaret Thatcher

“It's a funny old world.”

— Margaret 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.”

— Margaret Thatcher

“Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.”

— Margaret Thatcher

“One of the things being in politics has taught me is that men are not a reasoned or reasonable sex.”

— Margaret Thatcher

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

— Margaret Thatcher

“A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us.”

— 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

“I owe nothing to Women's Lib.”

— Margaret Thatcher

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

— 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.”

— Margaret Thatcher

“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.”

— Margaret Thatcher

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

— Margaret Thatcher

“I'm extraordinarily patient provided I get my own way in the end.”

— Margaret Thatcher

“It pays to know the enemy - not least because at some time you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend.”

— Margaret Thatcher

“I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end good will triumph.”

— Margaret Thatcher

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

— Margaret Thatcher

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

— Margaret Thatcher

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

— Margaret 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.”

— Margaret Thatcher