Connections Quote by Hilary Mantel

[Margaret Thatcher] assumed somehow that this would get the woman voter and all those juvenile male voters who wanted a well-regulated household with a…

— Hilary Mantel

I believe this was [Margaret Thatcher] estimate of the voter: "These people are so stupid that they will vote for me because they think…

— Hilary Mantel

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

— Simon Hoggart

[Margaret Thatcher] aroused such strong loathing in so many people. That's the fact that interests me.

— Hilary Mantel

One of the reasons that Thatcher promoted home ownership is that it promoted responsible citizens with a stake in society. But another reason was…

— Michael Portillo

She ( Margaret Thatcher )is democratic enough to talk down to anyone

— Austin Mitchell

Margaret Thatcher always felt like an outsider in her party.

— Phyllida Lloyd

[Margaret Thatcher] was pretending that running a country was like running a household, which she knew wasn't true.

— Hilary Mantel

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

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

— Dennis Skinner

Margaret Thatcher was as viscerally hated at home as she was warmly respected abroad.

— A. A. Gill

[Margaret Thatcher] was always talking about what the prudent housewife should do and what the prudent housewife knew.

— Hilary Mantel