1980s Quote by Peter Hitchens

Liberals in the US don't have great passions about Margaret Thatcher. Conservatives do. For all the worship that Ronald Reagan elicits in conservative circles…

— Jon Weisman

Just as strong Labour supporters in the 1980s could not come to terms with the fact that most people did not hate Mrs Thatcher,…

— Damian Green

For all the worship that Ronald Reagan elicits in conservative circles in the United States, I would venture that Thatcher did far more to…

— Jon Weisman

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

As Margaret Thatcher came up in the world, so the Conservative Party came down.

— Julian Critchley

I think, historically, the term 'Thatcherism' will be seen as a compliment.

— Margaret Thatcher

Since Ronald Reagan's election in 1980, conservatives of various sorts, and conservatisms of various stripes, have generally been in the ascendancy. And a good…

— Anonymous

Thatcherism, as an ideology, addresses the fears, the anxieties, the lost identities, of a people. It invites us to think about politics in images.…

— Stuart Hall

People link the 80s to that very liberal theme, growing up in a very liberal world, having ideals or not having ideals. The 80s…

— Sam de Jong

I'm trying to uphold what was true about conservatism. I consider myself a Reagan conservative.

— Bill Kristol

We are all living in a world shaped by Reagan and his ideology of small 'l' liberalism.

— Chrystia Freeland

Thatcher had broken the miners' union, all but crushed the Labour Party, dramatically cut back the welfare state, even flirted with a poll tax.…

— Jon Weisman