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
If you lead a country like Britain, a strong country, a country which has taken a lead in world affairs in good… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
While the Soviet Union has imposed its rule on its neighbours and drawn an iron curtain between east and west, we in… — 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
The spirit of the South Atlantic was the spirit of Britain at her best. It has been said that we surprised the… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
I'll stay until I'm tired of it. So long as Britain needs me, I shall never be tired of it. — 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
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
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
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
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
Every Conservative desires peace. The threat to peace comes from Communism which has powerful forces ready to attack anywhere. Communism waits for… — 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
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
When will Labour learn that you cannot build Jerusalem in Brussels. — 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
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
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
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
When you stop a dictator, there are always risks. But there are greater risks in not stopping a dictator. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
[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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
The Government wants a peaceful settlement. But we totally reject a peaceful sell-out. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
