“The battle for women's rights has been largely won.”
Equality
“Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan.”
WorkAll Quotes by Margaret Thatcher
“It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake.”
Love“Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't.”
Power“To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan you should wear it inside, where it functions best.”
Best“I like Mr. Gorbachev, we can do business together.”
Business“I usually make up my mind about a man in ten seconds, and I very rarely change it.”
Change“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“You and I come by road or rail, but economists travel on infrastructure.”
Travel“Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.”
History“There are still people in my party who believe in consensus politics. I regard them as Quislings, as traitors... I mean it.”
Politics“A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us.”
History“If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.”
Time“Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.”
Home“Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.”
Truth“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“The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples' money.”
Money“I'm extraordinarily patient provided I get my own way in the end.”
Patience“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“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“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