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[Margaret Thatcher] is a woman who, when she wrote her entry for "Who's Who," didn't include her mother. Now whether that was corrected in…

— Hilary Mantel

It was unfortunate for other women who might come after [Margaret Thatcher] that the first woman to become prime minister was a male impersonator.

— Hilary Mantel

Margaret Thatcher - a woman I greatly admire - once said that she was not content to manage the decline of a great nation.…

— Carly Fiorina

Mrs. Thatcher responded to our liberation of Grenada with the sounds of a somewhat hypersensitive Neville Chamberlain.

— Emmett Tyrrell

I was out of the U.K. as a care-free, fun-loving student for much of Mrs. Thatcher's time in Downing Street, and as I didn't…

— Stephen Hough

It is quite clear to me that the Tory Party will get rid of Mrs Thatcher in about 3 years time.

— Harold Wilson

I grew up in a very political household. My mum used to shout at the television. At Mrs. Thatcher.

— Cherie Lunghi

“and when Mrs Thatcher came to the college for a scientific symposium Tyson was deputed to take her round the Common Room. This is…

— Alan Bennett

Everyone wants to be immortal. Few are. Margaret Thatcher is. Why? Because her values are timeless, eternal. Tap anyone on the shoulder anywhere in…

— Maurice Saatchi

I did one of the first interviews with Mrs Thatcher. I think, from memory, she came across then as a sort of wishy-washy European.

— Angela Rippon

My Dad always maintained that although Mrs. Thatcher did not look like us, she absolutely thought like us. He referred to her as the…

— Alok Sharma

In the time of Mrs Thatcher the church, to give it its due, spoke out and was an enemy of the Conservative government.

— Alan Green

She is a reflection of comfortable middle-class values that do not take seriously the continuing unemployment. What I particularly regret is that she does…

— John Kenneth Galbraith

In the period before the arrival of Mrs. Thatcher, politics had been in such low esteem. Everything was so hedged, so mealy-mouthed. Then along…

— Tom Stoppard

In London - and forget those extra public pressures on politicians - the lovely old Sloane world of manor houses simply hasn't cut it…

— Peter York