I think perhaps we manage our revolutions much more quietly in this country. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
If I were a German today, I would be proud, proud but also worried. I would be proud of the magnificent achievement… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
That nations that have gone for equality, like Communism, have neither freedom nor justice nor equality, they've the greatest inequalities of all,… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
America, my friends, is the only country in the world actually founded on liberty - the only one. People went to America… — 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 have very strong views about Europe. We're quite the best country. We rescued them. We're not going to get entangled with… — 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
The legal system we have and the rule of law are far more responsible for our traditional liberties than any system of… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Women have plenty of roles in which they can serve with distinction: some of us even run countries. But generally we are… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Citizenship should be based on those who have a close and real relationship with this country and its inhabitants. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
People are really rather afraid that this country might be rather swamped by people with a different culture. — 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
A man may climb Everest for himself, but at the summit he plants his country's flag. — 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
In the background lurks the scourge of international terrorism. There are people exercising power in a few countries and leading political factions… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
In a system of free trade and free markets poor countries - and poor people - are not poor because others are… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Countries trade with each other - or to be more precise people buy and sell from each other across frontiers - because… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
I too have a certain idea of America. Moreover, I would not feel entitled to say that of any other country, except… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
It is in a country's interests to keep faith with its allies. States in this sense are like people. If you have… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
There is no week, nor day, nor hour, when tyranny may not enter upon this country, if the people lose their supreme… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
You know the critical thing with the Communist countries is Communism, which by definition consists of control by the government. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
In the Conservative Party we have no truck with outmoded Marxist doctrine about class warfare. For us it is not who you… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
I was brought up by a Victorian Grandmother. We were taught to work jolly hard. We were taught to prove yourself; we… — 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
