Danger Quote by Norman St John-Stevas, Baron St John of Fawsley

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

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

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

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

— Austin Mitchell

Thatcher projected power in what she said and did.

— Cathy Newman

It was very easy to say to a white middle-class audience, 'What about Thatcher?' and get a reaction.

— Lee Evans

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

— Javier Milei

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

— Hilary Mantel

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

I think Churchill would be appalled at the Thatcher government.

— Edward Heath

Any criticism of Thatcher throws a dangerously absurd light on the entire machinery of British politics. Thatcher's name must be protected, not because of…

— Anonymous

Anyone who supposed that when Margaret Thatcher left Number Ten she was going to take a Trappist vow did not know that formidable politician.

— Chris Patten