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."

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

— Margaret Thatcher

Power

All Quotes by Margaret Thatcher

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

— Margaret Thatcher

Truth

“The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples' money.”

— Margaret Thatcher

Money

“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

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

— Margaret Thatcher

Travel

“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

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

— Margaret Thatcher

Good

“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

Time

“Being powerful 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

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

— Margaret Thatcher

Best

“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

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

— Margaret Thatcher

Love

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

— Margaret Thatcher

History

“Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan.”

— Margaret Thatcher

Work

“I love argument, I love debate. I don't expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me, that's not their job.”

— Margaret Thatcher

Love

“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

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

— Margaret Thatcher

Men

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

— Margaret Thatcher

Power

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

— Margaret Thatcher

History