1960s Quote by Clive Ponting

In the time of Mrs Thatcher the church, to give it its due, spoke out and was an enemy of the Conservative government.

— Alan Green

As Margaret Thatcher came up in the world, so the Conservative Party came down.

— Julian Critchley

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

From the start of her leadership of the Conservative party in February 1975, Thatcher's style seemed shrill and uncompromising, and she became an easy…

— Kwasi Kwarteng

So all the system was running down and collapsing. Mrs. Thatcher became the leader of the Conservative Party in February 1975, and she clearly…

— Anonymous

If Margaret Thatcher were running for president today we wouldn't have focus groups and we wouldn't have one day focusing on 'change' and the…

— Rush Limbaugh

Margaret Thatcher was Britain's most controversial modern politician.

— Kwasi Kwarteng

It was here in Edinburgh that in the 1980s I joined with many others to protest against Margaret Thatcher as she arrived to address…

— Douglas Alexander

In the period before the arrival of Mrs. Thatcher, politics had been in such low esteem. Everything was so hedged, so mealy-mouthed. Then along…

— Tom Stoppard

Thatcher came under pressure from right wing backbenchers to shut up the Prince of Wales and there was a deal done between them where…

— Anthony Holden

Margaret Thatcher was a pioneer, willingly or unwillingly, for the role of women in politics,

— Meryl Streep

I hate to say it because I voted against everything Thatcher did, but she had principles she believed in.

— Dennis Skinner