Freedom will destroy itself if it is not exercised within some sort of moral framework, some body of shared beliefs, some spiritual heritage transmitted through the Church, the family, and the school. — 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
