If you make the tough decisions, people will hate you today. But they will thank you for generations. — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
I want to be America's Margaret Thatcher. I will be the next Iron Lady. — Michele Bachmann Copy Share Image
Meryl Streep, despite not being a Prime Minister, is reasonably convincing in 'The Iron Lady.' — Sasha Frere-Jones Copy Share Image
I was asked whether I was trying to restore Victorian values. I said straight out I was. And I am. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Any leader has to have a certain amount of steel in them, so I am not that put out being called the… — 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
I might have preferred iron - but bronze will do. It won't rust. This time I hope, the head will stay on. — 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
There are dangers in consensus: it could be an attempt to satisfy people holding no particular views about anything. ... No great… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
And what a prize we have to fight for: no less than the chance to banish from our land the dark divisive… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
It's the Labour Government that have brought us record peacetime taxation. They've got the usual Socialist disease - they've run out of… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Each generation has to stand up for democracy. It can't take anything for granted and may have to fight fundamental battles anew. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
When you've spent half your political life dealing with humdrum issues like the environment, it's exciting to have a real crisis on… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
We had to fight the enemy without in the Falklands. We always have to be aware of the enemy within, which is… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Where there is discord may we bring harmony. Where there is error, may we bring truth. Where there is doubt, may we… — Francis of Assisi Copy Share Image
I have made it quite clear that a unified Ireland was one solution that is out. A second solution was a confederation… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
But Johnson's Churchill-lite shtick and Theresa May's even less convincing Iron Lady routine are only even vaguely viable because they tap into… — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
Gentlemen, if we don't cut spending we will be bankrupt. Yes, the medicine is harsh, but the patient requires it in order… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Watch your thoughts for they become words. Watch your words for they become actions. Watch your actions for they become habits. Watch… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Ladies and gentlemen, I stand before you tonight in my … chiffon evening gown, my face softly made up, my fair hair… — 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
My policies are based not on some economics theory, but on things I and millions like me were brought up with: an… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
The Prime Minister, shortly after she came into office, received a sobriquet as the 'Iron Lady'. It arose in the context of… — Enoch Powell Copy Share Image
“When Hitler marched across the Rhine To take the land of France, La dame de fer decided, ‘Let’s make the tyrant dance.’… — E.A. Bucchianeri Copy Share Image
Media hosts just talk about Golda Meir and Margaret Thatcher and again miss the point. I was talking about AMERICAN culture, ladies… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
“Thatcher is remembered as The Iron Lady only because she possessed completely negative traits such as persistent stubbornness and a determined refusal… — Morrisey Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as society, there is a living tapestry of men and women and the beauty of that tapestry,… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
For us she is not the iron lady. She is the kind, dear Mrs. Thatcher. — Alexander Dubcek Copy Share Image
