“If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.”
Time
“It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake.”
LoveAll Quotes by Margaret Thatcher
“It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake.”
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.”
Success“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“One of the things being in politics has taught me is that men are not a reasoned or reasonable sex.”
Men“It's a funny old world.”
Funny“There are still people in my party who believe in consensus politics. I regard them as Quislings, as traitors... I mean it.”
Politics“The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples' money.”
Money“There is no such thing as society: there are individual men and women, and there are families.”
Men“Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.”
Home“Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't.”
Power“Democratic nations must try to find ways to starve the terrorist and the hijacker of the oxygen of publicity on which they depend.”
History“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“Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan.”
Work“I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.”
Politics“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“The battle for women's rights has been largely won.”
Equality“I owe nothing to Women's Lib.”
Women“A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us.”
History“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.”
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