Politics Quotes by Margaret Thatcher · Page 2

I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means…

— Margaret Thatcher

The mission of this government is much more than the promotion of economic progress. It is to renew the spirit and solidarity…

— Margaret Thatcher

Everything a politician promises at election time has to be paid for either by higher taxation or by borrowing.

— Margaret Thatcher

Socialist governments traditionally do make a financial mess. They always run out of other people's money. It's quite a characteristic of them.

— Margaret Thatcher

I do believe that political arrangements which are based upon violence, intimidation and theft will eventually break down - and will deserve…

— Margaret Thatcher

Many of our troubles are due to the fact that our people turn to politicians for everything.

— Margaret Thatcher

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

I applaud strong government, but not overweening government sustained by cronies, ciphers and a personality cult.

— Margaret Thatcher

The West as a whole in the early 1990s become obsessed with a 'peace dividend' that would be spent over and over…

— 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

Under a Labour government, there's virtually nowhere you can put your savings where they would be safe from the state. ... If…

— Margaret Thatcher

I have made it quite clear that a unified Ireland was one solution that is out. A second solution was a confederation…

— Margaret Thatcher

The fact that seasoned politicians can say such ridiculous things - and get away with it - illustrates the degree to which…

— Margaret Thatcher

Yet the basic fact remains: every regulation represents a restriction of liberty, every regulation has a cost. That is why, like marriage…

— Margaret Thatcher

We want a society in which we are free to make choices, to make mistakes, to be generous and compassionate. That is…

— Margaret Thatcher

We do not believe that if you cut back what government does you diminish its authority. On the contrary, a government that…

— Margaret Thatcher

I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end good will triumph.

— Margaret Thatcher

The acid test of politics is not what you say at the hustings, but what you actually do in government.

— Margaret Thatcher

If you want to get something said in the politics tell a man. If you want to get something done in the…

— Margaret Thatcher

Political success is a good deal pleasanter than political failure, but it too brings its problems.

— Margaret Thatcher

Those who imagine that a politician would make a better figurehead than a hereditary monarch might perhaps make the acquaintance of more…

— Margaret Thatcher

It is your tax which pays for public spending. The government have no money of their own. There is only taxpayers' money.

— 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

I'm not a good butcher but I've had to learn to carve the joint. People expect a new look.

— Margaret Thatcher

You know the critical thing with the Communist countries is Communism, which by definition consists of control by the government.

— Margaret Thatcher

We should not underestimate the enormity of the task which lies ahead. But little can be achieved without sound money. It is…

— Margaret Thatcher

There are still people in my party who believe in consensus politics. I regard them as Quislings, as traitors... I mean it.

— Margaret Thatcher

Whether it is in the United States or in mainland Europe, written constitutions have one great weakness. That is that they contain…

— Margaret Thatcher

Every family should have the right to spend their money, after tax, as they wish, and not as the government dictates. Let…

— Margaret Thatcher

Any attempts by any government to change Community legislation to its own wishes are doomed to failure following the extension of policy…

— Margaret Thatcher

The legal system we have and the rule of law are far more responsible for our traditional liberties than any system of…

— Margaret Thatcher