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
Do you think you would ever have heard of Christianity if the Apostles had gone out and said, ‘I believe in consensus?’ — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
If you want to get something said in the politics tell a man. If you want to get something done in the… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
President Numeiri of Sudan is said to have remarked of Gadaffi that he was 'a man with a split personality - both… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
There is much to be said for trying to improve some disadvantaged people’s lot. There is nothing to be said for trying… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
I was turned out because I said to Europe no, no, no. That no, no , no has now turned into yes,… — 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
Both the President and Mr Gorbachev have said that they want to see a world without nuclear weapons. I cannot see a… — 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
Yes, the Commission wants to increase its powers, Yes, it is a non-elected body and I do not want the Commission to… — 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
Today I have lost one of my dearest friends, England one of her greatest men. Keith Joseph understood that it was necessary… — 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