Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher

34 quotes

As a Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, Margaret Thatcher brought a distinctive perspective that shines through in every quotation. Their reputation for Thatcherism lends every quote an extra layer of authority. Our collection holds 45 quotes from Margaret Thatcher, each offering a different angle on Time, Politics, History, Good, and Work. As Margaret Thatcher put it: "I owe nothing to Women's Lib."

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

— Margaret Thatcher

History

All Quotes by Margaret Thatcher

“I owe nothing to Women's Lib.”

— Margaret Thatcher

Women

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

— Margaret Thatcher

History

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

— Margaret Thatcher

Politics

“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.”

— Margaret Thatcher

Success

“It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake.”

— Margaret Thatcher

Love

“It's a funny old world.”

— Margaret Thatcher

Funny

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

— Margaret Thatcher

Patience

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

— Margaret Thatcher

Power

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

— Margaret Thatcher

Home

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

— Margaret Thatcher

Good

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

— Margaret Thatcher

Politics

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

— Margaret Thatcher

Men

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

— Margaret Thatcher

Equality

“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

Work

“No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions he had money as well.”

— Margaret Thatcher

Good

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

— Margaret Thatcher

Change

“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

Time

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

— Margaret Thatcher

Power

“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

Time

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

— Margaret Thatcher

History