Wars are not caused by the buildup of weapons. They are caused when an aggressor believes he can achieve his objectives at… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end good will triumph. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
I do wish I had brought my cheque book. I don't believe in credit cards. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Do you think you would ever have heard of Christianity if the Apostles had gone out and said, ‘I believe in consensus?’ — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Ronald Reagan knew his own mind. He had firm principles - and, I believe, right ones. He expounded them clearly, he acted… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
There are still people in my party who believe in consensus politics. I regard them as Quislings, as traitors... I mean it. — 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
Never believe that technology alone will allow America to prevail as a superpower. — 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
We do not believe that if you cut back what government does you diminish its authority. On the contrary, a government that… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Free enterprise has enabled the creative and the acquisitive urges of man to be given expression in a way which benefits all… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
I do not believe it is in the character of the British people to begrudge the lion's share to those who have… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
I owe a great deal to the church for everything in which I believe. I am very glad that I was brought… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
I believe that the royal family are a focus of patriotism, of loyalty, of affection and of esteem. That is a rare… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
We went back on a very similar manifesto to things I believe in. The difference is that after eighteen months to two… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
To me consensus seems to be - the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies in search of something in… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Both the President and Mr Gorbachev have said that they want to see a world without nuclear weapons. I cannot see a… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Some Socialists seem to believe that people should be numbers in a State computer. We believe they should be individuals. We are… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
The people of the Falkland Islands, like the people of the United Kingdom, are an island race. They are few in number… — 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
The truths of the Judaic-Christian tradition, are infinitely precious, not only, as I believe, because they are true, but also because they… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Consensus: “The process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values, and policies in search of something in which no one believes, but to… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
From my experience let me say this: in today's world it is no bad thing for a politician to have had the… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
I am not one who, to quote an American author, believes that democracy and enterprise have finally won the battle of ideas… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
I believe our way of life is infinitely superior for every human being than any which the Communist creed can offer. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
If a Tory does not believe that private property is one of the main bulwarks of individual freedom, then he had better… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
You can present people with ideas they may come to believe in, and as a result of them they will act, if… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
The Kosovo campaign was a just and necessary war. And I believe that Blair - of whom I have many criticisms -… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
It's passionately interesting for me that the things that I learned in a small town, in a very modest home, are just… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
I am an ally of the United States. We believe the same things, we believe passionately in the same battle of ideas,… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
If you have a sense of purpose and a sense of direction, I believe people will follow you. Democracy isn't just about… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
I am an undiluted admirer of American values and the American dream and I believe they will continue to inspire not just… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
There are too many people who imagine that there is something sophisticated about always believing the best of those who hate your… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
I do believe that political arrangements which are based upon violence, intimidation and theft will eventually break down - and will deserve… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
I just owe almost everything to my father and it's passionately interesting for me that the things that I learned in a… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
I believe in the acceptance of personal responsibility, freedom of choice, and the British Empire, which took freedom and the rule of… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
I personally have always voted for the death penalty because I believe that people who go out prepared to take the lives… — 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
