Prime minister Quote by Alan Bennett

“The reason she had taken the long way round was on the unlikely chance that she might engineer an "accidental" meeting with Benjamin Cole.”

— Kate Atkinson

“Why don't you come sober, Prime Minister? [The answer she gave to Churchill when he asked about what disguise he should wear to a…

— Nancy Astor

Mrs. Thatcher used to remark that those in the middle of the road would get hit by traffic on both sides. By too-often chasing…

— Suella Braverman

“Unstructured chat with such friends has helped me understand Mrs Thatcher, the woman. (page xxvi)”

— Charles Moore

It was very easy to say to a white middle-class audience, 'What about Thatcher?' and get a reaction.

— Lee Evans

“The White House reception committee greeted the Prime Ribroast Minister and… I do the cha-cha like a sissy girl. I lik-a do da cha-cha.…

— Steve Carell

If you're dealing with a powerful leader, you're inevitably going to have a dialogue with her political past. It was always my intention to…

— Abi Morgan

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

— Hilary Mantel

I was out of the U.K. as a care-free, fun-loving student for much of Mrs. Thatcher's time in Downing Street, and as I didn't…

— Stephen Hough

“Charity could chatter dorm-room Marxist theory with the best of them, but a single look from cool, silver-haired Lady Beddington was enough to make…

— Elizabeth Jane Howard

“Tory was starting to feel a little foolish standing here with her hands in the air. It was like the whole bar had assembled…

— Kathleen Gilles Seidel

...a Conservative backbencher called Margaret Thatcher managed, despite front bench opposition, to get enacted her Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960, which was…

— Clive Ponting