Approach Quote by Nigel Lawson

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

— Hilary Mantel

She had a fierce pleasure in the idea of telling Margaret unwelcome truths, in the shape of performance of duty.

— Elizabeth Gaskell

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

I admired Margaret Thatcher - while abhorring much of what she offered - because she was so clearly a leader of huge substance. Blair…

— Martin Jacques

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

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

— Simon Hoggart

My only thought about Margaret Thatcher is the same one I had about Ronald Reagan. I hated a lot of what they did, but…

— Gail Collins

Although the advice that you get if you got to see Margaret is 'stand up for yourself, shout back, and argue the toss and…

— Julian Critchley

Every argument that Margaret Thatcher ever made internationally didn't have a great deal to do with her contempt for Communism - she never really…

— Brian Mulroney

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

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

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

— A. A. Gill