Thatcher Quotes by Hilary Mantel

Imagine the consequences of having the first woman prime minister who is the milk snatcher. [Margaret Thatcher] takes away the nourishment of…

— Hilary Mantel

[Margaret Thatcher] assumed somehow that this would get the woman voter and all those juvenile male voters who wanted a well-regulated household…

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[Margaret Thatcher] aroused such strong loathing in so many people. That's the fact that interests me.

— Hilary Mantel

[Margaret Thatcher] was always talking about what the prudent housewife should do and what the prudent housewife knew.

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I believe this was [Margaret Thatcher] estimate of the voter: "These people are so stupid that they will vote for me because…

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I am sure that all politicians seek the home connection with the voter. But [Margaret Thatcher] carried it to extremes.

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I think it is going to take another fifty years for the report to be in. If I were to give a…

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[Margaret] Thatcher could fake her class background, but she couldn't fake the quality of her mind.

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[Margaret Thatcher] said there was no thing such as society. This is what I find so interesting psychologically. Where did she come…

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I think psychologically [Margaret Thatcher] is really worth studying. I am reading Charles Moore's biography of her, and he has gotten us…

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What [Margaret Thatcher] made a play for was the acquisitive: our greedy nature. She set aside other things like an identification with…

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We have a number of very powerful women in the world now - Mrs. [Angela] Merkel, who the Germans call Mutti. What…

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To a Brit of my generation, one of the most objectionable things about [Margaret] Thatcher is her falsity. She is a total…

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[Margaret Thatcher] is a woman who, when she wrote her entry for "Who's Who," didn't include her mother. Now whether that was…

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What is it we are hating? It goes beyond politics. I suppose that my fascination with [Margaret Thatcher] is not just with…

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[Margaret Thatcher] scorned and despised other women, and predicated her values entirely on the values of her father, a small town shopkeeper.

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It was unfortunate for other women who might come after [Margaret Thatcher] that the first woman to become prime minister was a…

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[Margaret Thatcher] was pretending that running a country was like running a household, which she knew wasn't true.

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I can't think of any male politician who magnetizes love and hate - mainly hate - the way [Margaret Thatcher] did.

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[Margaret Thatcher] admitted to being the daughter of her father but not the daughter of her mother!

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