Democracy Quote by Liz Truss

I have an ambivalent relationship with Margaret Thatcher. She came to power in May 1979 - a month before my 11th birthday. I was…

— Sara Sheridan

Whether it was in the 1980s under Margaret Thatcher, the 1950s under Churchill and Macmillan or in the early days of the Cameron administration,…

— Priti Patel

Thatcher was the motivation for my entire political career. I hated everything she stood for.

— Nicola Sturgeon

I was a Thatcherite. But to be fair, I probably have changed my outlook.

— Nicky Morgan

Mrs. Thatcher actually won her big majorities in the Eighties with a smaller vote share than she did in 1979. This happened because the…

— Gavin Williamson

I grew up in a highly political home. My mother was the co-chair of the 300 Group, an organisation whose aim was to get…

— Noreena Hertz

I grew up in a very political household. My mum used to shout at the television. At Mrs. Thatcher.

— Cherie Lunghi

I am not running as Son of Margaret Thatcher. I have my own priorities and my own programmes.

— John Major

I ran for parliament in 1980 as an independent against Allan J. MacEachen.

— Elizabeth May

I was out of the U.K. as a care-free, fun-loving student for much of Mrs. Thatcher's time in Downing Street, and as I didn't…

— Stephen Hough

When I was at Oxford, I was a Thatcher child; I was fascinated by politics and I spent three years being obnoxious in the…

— Dido Harding

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