Thatcher Quotes
84 quotes by 75 authors
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This is the first generation to grow up on Thatcher - it's a different ethos. It's money minded, and it's the cult of yourself. Now…
— Jane Campion
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I am not as cross about Thatcher now as I was in the '80s. Begrudgingly, I can see that some of her policies helped modernise…
— Martin Parr
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In London - and forget those extra public pressures on politicians - the lovely old Sloane world of manor houses simply hasn't cut it since…
— Peter York
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I often compare Margaret Thatcher with Florence Nightingale. She stalks through the wards of our hospitals as a lady with a lamp. Unfortunately, it's a…
— Denis Healey
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I do think British and American politics rhyme. They go in cycles. They go in Thatcher-Reagan cycles, Blair-Clinton cycles.
— David Brooks
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Under Thatcher, who ruled us with an iron rod, great art was made. Amazing designers and musicians. Acid house was born. Very colourful and progressive.
— Noel Gallagher
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My only thought about Margaret Thatcher is the same one I had about Ronald Reagan. I hated a lot of what they did, but once…
— Gail Collins
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Remember how Margaret Thatcher came to believe that abroad was more important than at home? Didn't do her much good.
— Simon Hoggart
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Watching the Commons tribute to Margaret Thatcher was like being suffocated inside a gigantic sticky toffee pudding, but one with nasty bogeys planted inside. There…
— Simon Hoggart
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The BBC sports department when I was there was seriously to the right of Ghengis Khan, and if people think I am strange, they should…
— David Icke
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If there is a better singer in England than Craig David, then I am Margaret Thatcher.
— Elton John
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Margaret Thatcher was a 20th century visionary who understood the power of individual freedom versus the tyranny of government collectivism. She was a loyal supporter…
— Joe Lhota
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By the way, I don't mean to pick nits here, but Obama has just ordered the flag at half-mast for 10 days for Mandela. He…
— Rush Limbaugh
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Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher did more to liberate people by defeating the Soviet Union and freeing eastern Europe than the Obamas, the Clintons, and…
— Rush Limbaugh
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My entire life, socially, was all around the Maggie era. That was the great challenge as a Sex Pistol was how to deal with Margaret…
— John Lydon
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When women get great roles in life, they start to get great roles in films and TV. Look at Janet Reno, Madeleine Albright, and Mrs.…
— Helen Mirren
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No British politician has ever been more despised by the British people than Margaret Thatcher.
— Steven Morrissey
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Any criticism of Thatcher throws a dangerously absurd light on the entire machinery of British politics. Thatcher's name must be protected, not because of all…
— Steven Morrissey
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We stand up and proudly proclaim that Washington is not our caretaker and we reject a state, in Margaret Thatcher's words, a state that takes…
— Rick Perry
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It is well known that my husband and Lady Thatcher enjoyed a very special relationship as leaders of their respective countries during one of the…
— Nancy Reagan
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