Ideally, when Christians meet, as Christians do, to take counsel together, their purpose is not ( or should not be) to ascertain… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Gentlemen, if we don't cut spending we will be bankrupt. Yes, the medicine is harsh, but the patient requires it in order… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
What we should grasp, however, from the lessons of European history is that, first, there is nothing necessarily benevolent about programmes of… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
The battle for women's rights has largely been won. The days when they were demanded and discussed in strident tones should be… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Working hard may not make you rich, but it should make you successful. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
I believe that the royal family are a focus of patriotism, of loyalty, of affection and of esteem. That is a rare… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
How very popular to say, 'spend more on this, expend more on that.' And of course, we all have our favorite causes;… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Some Socialists seem to believe that people should be numbers in a State computer. We believe they should be individuals. We are… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
We believe in a free Europe, not a standardised Europe. Diminish that variety within the member states, and you impoverish the whole… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Citizenship should be based on those who have a close and real relationship with this country and its inhabitants. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Yet the basic fact remains: every regulation represents a restriction of liberty, every regulation has a cost. That is why, like marriage… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
I personally have always voted for the death penalty because I believe that people who go out prepared to take the lives… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
I believe we should continue to have a partnership of national states each retaining the right to protect its vital interests, but… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
To be free is better than to be unfree – always. Any politician who suggests the opposite should be treated as suspect. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Whether it is in the United States or in mainland Europe, written constitutions have one great weakness. That is that they contain… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
The United States is contributing massively to the defence of Europe and we should be very grateful. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
I don't know what I would do without Whitelaw. Everyone should have a Willy. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Every family should have the right to spend their money, after tax, as they wish, and not as the government dictates. Let… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Bribing regimes to comply with requirements which they should have acknowledged in the first place is not a process that appeals to… — 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
We should not underestimate the enormity of the task which lies ahead. But little can be achieved without sound money. It is… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
We should see to it that our people are steeped in a real knowledge and understanding of our national culture. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
The National Health Service is safe with us. The principle of adequate healthcare should be provided for all regardless of ability to… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
[M]ore than they wanted freedom, the Athenians wanted security. Yet they lost everything-security, comfort, and freedom. This was because they wanted not… — 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
![“How very popular to say, 'spend more on this, expend more on that.' And of course, we all have our favorite causes; I know I do. But someone has to add up the figures. Every business has to do it, every housewife has to do it, [and] every government should do it.” quote by Margaret Thatcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ecb/margaret-thatcher-463_add_how-very-popular-to-say-spend-more-on-th_841967.jpg)
![“[M]ore than they wanted freedom, the Athenians wanted security. Yet they lost everything-security, comfort, and freedom. This was because they wanted not to give to society, but for society to give to them. The freedom they were seeking was freedom from responsibility. It is no wonder, then, that…” quote by Margaret Thatcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/12b/margaret-thatcher-463_athenians_m-ore-than-they-wanted-freedom-the-athen_3205501.jpg)
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