I don't know what I would do without Whitelaw. Everyone should have a Willy. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Let our children grow tall and some taller than others if they have it in them to do so. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
If we open our hearts to God, He has promised to work within us. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Marxists get up early to further their cause. We must get up even earlier to defend our freedom. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
The larger the slice taken by government, the smaller the cake available for everyone. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
If your only opportunity is to be equal then it is not opportunity. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
A man who, beyond the age of 26, finds himself on a bus can count himself as a failure, — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
We simply cannot delegate the exercise of mercy and generosity to others. — 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
