Capitalism Quotes by Margaret Thatcher

Socialism is in no way a curate's egg

— Margaret Thatcher

That is what capitalism is: a system that brings wealth to the many, not just the few.

— Margaret Thatcher

Socialists don't like ordinary people choosing, for they might not choose Socialism.

— Margaret Thatcher

Socialism lays an bad egg by killing the capitalism that lays the golden eggs

— Margaret Thatcher

To be free is better than to be unfree – always. Any politician who suggests the opposite should be treated as suspect.

— Margaret Thatcher

We need to create a mood where it is everywhere thought morally right for as many people as possible to acquire capital.

— Margaret Thatcher

Free enterprise has enabled the creative and the acquisitive urges of man to be given expression in a way which benefits all…

— Margaret Thatcher

The real case against socialism is not its economic inefficiency, though on all sides there is evidence of that. Much more fundamental…

— Margaret Thatcher

I want a capital-earning democracy. Every man and woman a capitalist. Housing is the start. If you're a man or woman of…

— Margaret Thatcher

Remember the 'Parable of the Talents' in the New Testament? Christ exhorts us to be the best we can be by developing…

— Margaret Thatcher

...Conservatives have excellent credentials to speak about human rights. By our efforts, and with precious little help from self-styled liberals, we were…

— Margaret Thatcher

No theory of government was ever given a fairer test or a more prolonged experiment in a democratic country than democratic socialism…

— Margaret Thatcher

Some Socialists seem to believe that people should be numbers in a State computer. We believe they should be individuals. We are…

— Margaret Thatcher

My belief in free competitive economic enterprise does not rest solely or even mainly on arguments of economic efficiency, though, heaven knows,…

— Margaret Thatcher

Adam Smith's 'invisible hand' is not above sudden, disturbing, movements. Since its inception, capitalism has known slumps and recessions, bubble and froth;…

— Margaret Thatcher

There are significant differences between the American and European version of capitalism. The American traditiionally emphasizes the need for limited government, light…

— Margaret Thatcher

I am much nearer to creating one nation than Labour will ever be. Socialism is two nations. The privileged rulers, and everyone…

— Margaret Thatcher

Socialism's results have ranged between the merely shabby and the truly catastrophic - poverty, strife, oppression and, on the killing fields of…

— Margaret Thatcher