When will Labour learn that you cannot build Jerusalem in Brussels. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Let's make it clear: the Conservative Party has no plans for new NHS charges. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Europe will never be like America. Europe is a product of history. America is a product of philosophy. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Europe is... a monument to the vanity of individuals, a programme whose inevitable destiny is failure. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
The Labour Party believes in turning workers against owners; we believe in turning workers into owners. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
The United States is contributing massively to the defence of Europe and we should be very grateful. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
I was turned out because I said to Europe no, no, no. That no, no , no has now turned into yes,… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
I believe we should continue to have a partnership of national states each retaining the right to protect its vital interests, but… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
A democratic Europe of nation states could be a force for liberty, enterprise and open trade. But, if creating a United States… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
We must not fall into the mistake of thinking that it is America that trades with Taiwan or Europe that trades with… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
The European single currency is bound to fail, economically, politically and indeed socially, though the timing, occasion and full consequences are all… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
We have not successfully rolled back the frontiers of the state in Britain, only to see them re-imposed at a European level… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
During my lifetime most of the problems the world has faced have come, in one fashion or another, from mainland Europe and… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
I can cope with nine of them, so they ought to be able to stand one of me. They could end the… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
It has been suggested by some people in this country that I and my Government will be a 'soft touch' in the… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
My first guiding principle is this: willing and active co-operation between independent sovereign states. Europe will be stronger precisely because it has… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
I think our support for the EEC has been very half-hearted. You really cannot join any group of nations and spend all… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
It has been suggested by some people in this country that I and my government will be a "soft touch" in the… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
In the Conservative Party we have no truck with outmoded Marxist doctrine about class warfare. For us it is not who you… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Whether it is in the United States or in mainland Europe, written constitutions have one great weakness. That is that they contain… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
I must be absolutely clear about this. Britain cannot accept the present situation on the budget. It is demonstrably unjust. It is… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
(A unified) 'Europe' is the result of plans. It is, in fact, a classic utopian project, a monument to the vanity of… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Yes, the Commission wants to increase its powers, Yes, it is a non-elected body and I do not want the Commission to… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
(I)t is highly questionable whether when 'Europe speaks with one voice', as we are so often told it is doing, anyone is… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
I call the Conservative Party now to a crusade. Not only the Conservative Party. I appeal to all those men and women… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
I pay tribute to John Major's achievement in persuading the other 11 Community Heads of Government that they could move ahead to… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Our first duty to liberty is to keep our own. But it is also our duty - as Europeans - to keep… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
We believe in a free Europe, not a standardised Europe. Diminish that variety within the member states, and you impoverish the whole… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
If I were a German today, I would be proud, proud but also worried. I would be proud of the magnificent achievement… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
In my lifetime all our problems have come from mainland Europe and all the solutions have come from the English-speaking nations across… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
During my lifetime most of the problems the world has faced have come, in one fashion or other, from mainland Europe, and… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
I have very strong views about Europe. We're quite the best country. We rescued them. We're not going to get entangled with… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
We weren't getting a fair deal on the budget and I wasn't going to have it. There's a great strand of equity… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Any attempts by any government to change Community legislation to its own wishes are doomed to failure following the extension of policy… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
What we should grasp, however, from the lessons of European history is that, first, there is nothing necessarily benevolent about programmes of… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
It had the effect of cementing the Anglo-American alliance. What's the good of having bases if when you want to use them… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
There are significant differences between the American and European version of capitalism. The American traditiionally emphasizes the need for limited government, light… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
But the whole history of America is quite different from Europe. People went there to get away from the intolerance and constraints… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
When you stop a dictator, there are always risks. But there are greater risks in not stopping a dictator. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share
Ideally, when Christians meet, as Christians do, to take counsel together, their purpose is not ( or should not be) to ascertain what is… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share
There are dangers in consensus: it could be an attempt to satisfy people holding no particular views about anything. ... No great party can… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share
[When asked how it felt to be a female prime minister:] I don't know: I've never experienced the alternative. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share
It is sometimes said that because of our past we, as a people, expect too much and set our sights too high. That is… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share
Unless we change our ways and our direction, our greatness as a nation will soon be a footnote in the history books, a distant… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share
I don't think any woman in power really has a happy life unless she's got a large number of women friends ... because you… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share
People from my sort of background needed grammar schools to compete with children from privileged homes like Shirley Williams and Anthony Wedgwood Benn. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share
What is success? I think it is a mixture of having a flair for the thing that you are doing; knowing that it is… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share
The Government wants a peaceful settlement. But we totally reject a peaceful sell-out. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share
Major international interventions are doomed unless the US is directly or indirectly involved. But if American politicians, officials and servicemen are to be put… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share
We have made too much of one or two people, and we think that they can win or lose elections for us. Don't be… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share
I pay tribute to John Major's achievement in persuading the other 11 Community Heads of Government that they could move ahead to a Social… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share
![“It has been suggested by some people in this country that I and my government will be a "soft touch" in the [European] Community. In case such a rumour may have reached your ears, Mr Chancellor... it is only fair that I should advise you frankly to dismiss it (as my own colleagues did, long ago)…” quote by Margaret Thatcher](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/f67/margaret-thatcher-463_advise_it-has-been-suggested-by-some-people-in_2328368.jpg)
