Battered Quote by Douglas Hurd

Margaret Thatcher was not a malicious person. She was a person who couldn't see, or didn't want to see, the unfairness and disadvantaging consequences…

— Neil Kinnock

Margaret Thatcher was Britain's most controversial modern politician.

— Kwasi Kwarteng

“Britain is no longer ‘Thatcherite’, though in the aftermath of ‘Brexit’, it may even be worse. The need to temper British imperial nostalgia with…

— Shashi Tharoor

Of course Margaret Thatcher was a remarkable and strong-willed figure but she was also a pragmatist, just as ready to upset her right wing…

— Nick Boles

Like all of us, there were many facets to Margaret Thatcher's personality. In private she was kind, thoughtful, charming. Very attentive to her interlocutors.…

— Brian Mulroney

I am not as cross about Thatcher now as I was in the '80s. Begrudgingly, I can see that some of her policies helped…

— Martin Parr

“Thatcher is remembered as The Iron Lady only because she possessed completely negative traits such as persistent stubbornness and a determined refusal to listen…

— Morrisey

Thatcher was prepared to destroy the world rather than give in on something she believed in.

— Ken Livingstone

Margaret Thatcher inherited the sick man of Europe in 1979 and transformed it into a powerhouse. When she left office, it was Britain redefined.…

— Brian Mulroney

I respected [Margaret Thatcher] enormously. She had great integrity in that respect.

— Bob Hawke

Margaret Thatcher was fearful of German unification because she believed that this would bring an immediate and formidable increase of economic strength to a…

— Douglas Hurd

Remember how Margaret Thatcher came to believe that abroad was more important than at home? Didn't do her much good.

— Simon Hoggart