Margaret Thatcher Quotes And Sayings

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“A man may climb Everest for himself, but at the summit he plants his country’s flag.”
– Margaret Thatcher

“A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us.”
– Margaret Thatcher

“Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.”
– Margaret Thatcher

“As a motive for terror, religion has more often than not required a good deal of lubrication by lucre.”
– Margaret Thatcher

“As the former dissident Vladimir Bukovsky one remarked — referring to the Russian proverb to the effect that you cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs — he had seen plenty of broken eggs, but had never tasted any omelette.”
– Margaret Thatcher

“Being democratic is not enough, a majority cannot turn what is wrong into right. In order to be considered truly free, countries must also have a deep love of liberty and an abiding respect for the rule of law.”
– Margaret Thatcher

“Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren’t.”
– Margaret Thatcher

“Being prime minister is a lonely job… you cannot lead from the crowd.”
– Margaret Thatcher

“Bribing regimes to comply with requirements which they should have acknowledged in the first place is not a process that appeals to me.”
– Margaret Thatcher

“Constitutions have to be written on hearts, not just paper.”
– Margaret Thatcher

“Defeat? I do not recognise the meaning of the word.”
– Margaret Thatcher

“Democratic nations must try to find ways to starve the terrorist and the hijacker of the oxygen of publicity on which they depend.”
– Margaret Thatcher

“Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.”
– Margaret Thatcher

“Do you know that one of the great problems of our age is that we are governed by people who care more about feelings than they do about thoughts and ideas.”
– Margaret Thatcher

“During my lifetime most of the problems the world has faced have come, in one fashion or other, from mainland Europe, and the solutions from outside it.”
– Margaret Thatcher

“Economics are the method; the object is to change the heart and soul.”
– Margaret Thatcher

“Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.”
– Margaret Thatcher

“For every idealistic peacemaker willing to renounce his self-defence in favour of a weapons-free world, there is at least one warmaker anxious to exploit the other’s good intentions.”
– Margaret Thatcher

“I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.”
– Margaret Thatcher

“I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.”
– Margaret Thatcher

“I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end good will triumph.”
– Margaret Thatcher

“I came to office with one deliberate intent: to change Britain from a dependent to a self-reliant society — from a give-it-to-me, to a do-it-yourself nation. A get-up-and-go, instead of a sit-back-and-wait-for-it Britain.”
– Margaret Thatcher

“I do believe that political arrangements which are based upon violence, intimidation and theft will eventually break down – and will deserve to do so.”
– Margaret Thatcher

“I do not know anyone who has gotten to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but it will get you pretty near.”
– Margaret Thatcher

“I don’t mind how much my Ministers talk, so long as they do what I say.”
– Margaret Thatcher

“I don’t think there will be a woman Prime Minister in my lifetime.”
– Margaret Thatcher

“I fight on. I fight to win.”
– Margaret Thatcher

“I just owe almost everything to my father and it’s passionately interesting for me that the things that I learned in a small town, in a very modest home, are just the things that I believe have won the election.”
– Margaret Thatcher

“I like Mr. Gorbachev, we can do business together.”
– Margaret Thatcher

“I love argument, I love debate. I don’t expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me, that’s not their job.”
– Margaret Thatcher

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