There are always dangers about. Therefore you must always keep your defences strong. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
I applaud strong government, but not overweening government sustained by cronies, ciphers and a personality cult. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Our children need strong families raising them with sturdy virtues, not to be smothered in the cold arms of the state. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Had I faltered we would have neither the success nor the international reputation we have. Yet when a woman is strong she… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
I have very strong views about Europe. We're quite the best country. We rescued them. We're not going to get entangled with… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
If you lead a country like Britain, a strong country, a country which has taken a lead in world affairs in good… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Every Conservative desires peace. The threat to peace comes from Communism which has powerful forces ready to attack anywhere. Communism waits for… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
But the whole history of America is quite different from Europe. People went there to get away from the intolerance and constraints… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
A bully has no respect for a weakling and the way to stop a bully is not to be weak. The way… — 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