Chamberlain Quote by Emmett Tyrrell

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

— Morrisey

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

And she [Margaret Thatcher] also had a sort of a way, like a railroad train, of going, taking a breath and starting quite quietly…

— Meryl Streep

I did one of the first interviews with Mrs Thatcher. I think, from memory, she came across then as a sort of wishy-washy European.

— Angela Rippon

Thatcher projected power in what she said and did.

— Cathy Newman

“But what Liberty would remember best was the feel of his own small hand gathered in the warm, comforting grip of the man, those…

— Stephen Wright

I think Mrs Thatcher did more damage to democracy, equality, internationalism, civil liberties, freedom in this country than any other Prime Minister this century.…

— Tony Benn

“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

To a Brit of my generation, one of the most objectionable things about [Margaret] Thatcher is her falsity. She is a total construct. For…

— Hilary Mantel

I have heard lots of speeches by Margaret Thatcher. She was brilliant.

— Javier Milei

For all the worship that Ronald Reagan elicits in conservative circles in the United States, I would venture that Thatcher did far more to…

— Jon Weisman