“Democratic nations must try to find ways to starve the terrorist and the hijacker of the oxygen of publicity on which they depend.”
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.”
SuccessAll Quotes by 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.”
Home“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“No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions he had money as well.”
Good“I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.”
Politics“I like Mr. Gorbachev, we can do business together.”
Business“You and I come by road or rail, but economists travel on infrastructure.”
Travel“I'm extraordinarily patient provided I get my own way in the end.”
Patience“A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us.”
History“I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end good will triumph.”
Good“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“Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't.”
Power“One of the things being in politics has taught me is that men are not a reasoned or reasonable sex.”
Men“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“The battle for women's rights has been largely won.”
Equality“If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.”
Time“I love argument, I love debate. I don't expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me, that's not their job.”
Love“If you lead a country like Britain, a strong country, a country which has taken a lead in world affairs in good times and in bad, a country that is always reliable, then you have to have a touch of iron about you.”
Good“Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.”
Power“I usually make up my mind about a man in ten seconds, and I very rarely change it.”
Change