“No woman in my time will be prime minister or chancellor or foreign secretary - not the top jobs. Anyway, I wouldn't want to be prime minister you have to give yourself 100 percent.”
Time
“A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us.”
HistoryAll Quotes by Margaret Thatcher
“Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.”
Home“It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake.”
Love“No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions he had money as well.”
Good“Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.”
History“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.”
Success“Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.”
Power“If you just set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.”
Time“Democratic nations must try to find ways to starve the terrorist and the hijacker of the oxygen of publicity on which they depend.”
History“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.”
Home“It's a funny old world.”
Funny“A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us.”
History“Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't.”
Power“I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.”
Politics“I owe nothing to Women's Lib.”
Women“If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.”
Time“Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan.”
Work“I'm extraordinarily patient provided I get my own way in the end.”
Patience“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.”
Work“To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan you should wear it inside, where it functions best.”
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