There are still people in my party who believe in consensus politics. I regard them as Quislings, as traitors... I mean it. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Socialists cry “Power to the people”, and raise the clenched fist as they say it. We all know what they really mean… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
There are some remarkable parallels between basketball and politics. Michael Jordan has already mastered the skill most needed for political success: how… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
We want a society in which we are free to make choices, to make mistakes, to be generous and compassionate. That is… — 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
Left-wing zealots have often been prepared to ride roughshod over due process and basic considerations of fairness when they think they can… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
I do not believe it is in the character of the British people to begrudge the lion's share to those who have… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Rogue states never turn out to be quite the pariahs they are deemed. They are only able to cause, or at least… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
The Russians are bent on world dominance, and they are rapidly acquiring the means to become the most powerful imperial nation the… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
If one generation is expected to carry an excessive burden on behalf of another, it will seek by every means to avoid… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
In my work, you get used to criticisms. Of course you do, because there are a lot of people trying to get… — 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
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