Asparagus Quote by Sylvia Townsend Warner

In the period before the arrival of Mrs. Thatcher, politics had been in such low esteem. Everything was so hedged, so mealy-mouthed. Then along…

— Tom Stoppard

I grew up in London under Thatcher and that really was disgusting. A feeding frenzy.

— Denise Mina

Watching the Commons tribute to Margaret Thatcher was like being suffocated inside a gigantic sticky toffee pudding, but one with nasty bogeys planted inside.…

— Simon Hoggart

Mrs Thatcher requires devotion as well as obedience.

— Julian Critchley

“Unstructured chat with such friends has helped me understand Mrs Thatcher, the woman. (page xxvi)”

— Charles Moore

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

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

For us she is not the iron lady. She is the kind, dear Mrs. Thatcher.

— Alexander Dubcek

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

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

— Simon Hoggart

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

I only met Margaret Thatcher twice. The thing that I thought about meeting her was how extraordinarily intelligent she was. You really had to…

— Salman Rushdie