Socialists are happy until they run out of other people's money. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Pennies do not come from heaven. They have to be earned here on earth. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
I started out in life with two great advantages: No money and good parents. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples' money. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Working hard may not make you rich, but it should make you successful. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of everyone else's money. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions - he had money too. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
The accumulation of wealth is a process which is of itself morally neutral. True, as Christianity teaches, riches bring temptations. But then… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Socialist governments traditionally do make a financial mess. They always run out of other people's money. It's quite a characteristic of them. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
“The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.” — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
We have been ruled by men who live by illusions ... the illusion that there is some other way of creating wealth… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions; he had money as well. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
You want to keep more of the money you earn? I'm afraid that's very selfish. We shall want to tax that away.… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
We shall take whatever action is necessary to contain the growth of the money supply. The government, unlike so many of its… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Under a Labour government, there's virtually nowhere you can put your savings where they would be safe from the state. ... If… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Every family should have the right to spend their money, after tax, as they wish, and not as the government dictates. Let… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Let us never forget this fundamental truth: the State has no source of money other than money which people earn themselves. If… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Nevertheless, the Tenth Commandment-'Thou shalt not covet'-recognizes that making money and owning things could become selfish activities. But it is not the… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
“The problem with socialists, is that they always run out of other people's money,” — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
That is what capitalism is: a system that brings wealth to the many, not just the few. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Let us never forget this fundamental truth: The State has no source of money other than the money people themselves earn. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
We should not underestimate the enormity of the task which lies ahead. But little can be achieved without sound money. It is… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
It is your tax which pays for public spending. The government have no money of their own. There is only taxpayers' money. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
The patronage state is an arrogant state. It assumes it can spend your money better than you do. Yet it expects you… — 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
