I have never knowingly made a non-controversial speech in my life. — 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
We do not achieve happiness or salvation in isolation from each other but as members of society — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
No generation has a free hold on this earth. All we have is a life tenancy-with a full repairing lease. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
I started out in life with two great advantages: No money and good parents. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Life in a free society...is heaven on earth to life in a socialist society such as Russia. — 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
I wouldn't be worth my salt if I weren't attracting some controversy and criticism. Everyone in the world who has done something… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
One only gets to the top rung on the ladder by steadily climbing up one at a time, and suddenly, all sorts… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Object to merit and distinction, and you're setting your face against quality, independence, originality, genius against all the richness and variety of… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing;… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Is there conscience in the Kremlin? Do they ever ask themselves what is the purpose of life? What is it all for?...… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
We should not expect the state to appear in the guise of an extravagant good fairy at every christening, a loquacious companion… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
But because we accept the sanctity of life, the responsibility that comes with freedom and the supreme sacrifice of Christ expressed so… — 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 ...… — 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.… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
We who are living in the west today are fortunate. Freedom has been bequeathed to us. We have not had to carve… — Margaret Thatcher 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
But the whole history of America is quite different from Europe. People went there to get away from the intolerance and constraints… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
The choice facing the nation is between two totally different ways of life. And what a prize we have to fight for:… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Freedom is not synonymous with an easy life. ... There are many difficult things about freedom: It does not give you safety,… — 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
