Family Quote by Hilary Mantel

I am sure that all politicians seek the home connection with the voter. But [Margaret Thatcher] carried it to extremes.

— 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

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

— Hilary Mantel

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

— Meryl Streep

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

— Hilary Mantel

The women can always choose the patriarchal models, and you end up with a Margaret Thatcher.

— Cornel West

As a woman, I think Margaret Thatcher felt she had to be ten times more prepared than the men.

— Phyllida Lloyd

there were some Labourists saying that other things must be dealt with before women got the vote. It was humanly natural that they, as…

— Christabel Pankhurst

[Margaret] Thatcher had just become prime minister; there was talk about whether it was an advance to have a woman prime minister if it…

— Caryl Churchill

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

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

— Hilary Mantel