Thatcher Quotes

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I want to be America's Margaret Thatcher. I will be the next Iron Lady. — Michele Bachmann
I believe Mrs. Thatcher's emphasis on enterprise was right. — Tony Blair
But let me tell you, this gender thing is history. You're looking at a guy who sat down with Margaret Thatcher across the table and… — George H. W. Bush
She is a reflection of comfortable middle-class values that do not take seriously the continuing unemployment. What I particularly regret is that she does not… — John Kenneth Galbraith
Margaret Thatcher was the first political leader in any major country to warn of the dangers of climate change — Ed Miliband
Public speaking is done in the public tongue, the national or tribal language; and the language of our tribe is the men's language. Of course… — Ursula K. Le Guin
Margaret Thatcher was a pioneer, willingly or unwillingly, for the role of women in politics, — Meryl Streep
When England was a kingdom, we had a king. When we were an empire, we had an emperor. Now we're a country, and we have… — Kenny Everett
Going to bed with Gertrude Stein, Jeane Kirkpatrick, Susan Sontag, or Margaret Thatcher: There are some things one prefers neither to do nor to have… — Edward Abbey
Gandhi and Mandela and Churchill and JFK and Reagan and Thatcher and Sarkozy and Franklin and Washington set the tone to an incredible degree-their "personal… — Tom Peters
I had to live and breathe Margaret Thatcher for a few months. I totally engulfed myself in her life. I read her autobiography and a… — Alexandra Roach
It is not enough to call yourself a feminist because you are a strong woman. Thatcher was an enemy to feminism, as is Nadine Dorries.… — Julie Bindel
Like Marxism, Thatcherism is, in fact, riddled with contradictions. Mrs. Thatcher, on the other hand, is free of doubt; she is the label on the… — Julian Critchley
Do you know what Margaret Thatcher did in her first Budget? Introduced VAT on yachts! It somewhat ruined my retirement — Edward Heath
For 3 million you could give everyone in Scotland a shovel, and we could dig a hole so deep we could hand her over to… — Frankie Boyle
John Redwood is a young man but, let's face it, so was Margaret Thatcher in 1975. — Edward Leigh
The sorrow of the IRA Brighton bombing is that Thatcher escaped unscathed. — Steven Morrissey
Margaret Thatcher has shown that there is power and dignity to be won by defying the status quo and the majority rather than by adapting… — Christopher Hitchens
[Margaret] Thatcher had just become prime minister; there was talk about whether it was an advance to have a woman prime minister if it was… — Caryl Churchill
Revisionist historians are about to get their hands on the Thatcher years, shes probably going to be looked at again because she feels far enough… — Jonathan Coe

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