The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money. - Margaret Thatcher
It used to be about trying to do something. Now it's about trying to be someone. - Margaret Thatcher
Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's a day you've had everything to do and you've done it. - Margaret Thatcher
I usually make up my mind about a man in ten seconds; and I very rarely change it. - Margaret Thatcher
It is important not to allow ever wider coalition-building to become an end in itself. As we saw in the Gulf War of 1990, international pressures, particularly those exerted from within an alliance, can result in the failure to follow actions through and so leave future problems unresolved. - 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
When I'm out of politics I'm going to run a business, it'll be called rent-a-spine - Margaret Thatcher
Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story. - Margaret Thatcher
You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it. - Margaret Thatcher
Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy. - Margaret Thatcher
If it is once again one against forty-eight, then I am very sorry for the forty-eight. - Margaret Thatcher
In politics, If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman. - Margaret Thatcher
If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing." ~ - Margaret Thatcher
Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't. - Margaret Thatcher
Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; its when you had everything to do, and you've done it. - Margaret Thatcher
Europe will never be like America. Europe is a product of history. America is a product of philosophy. - Margaret Thatcher
Douglas, Douglas, you would make Neville Chamberlain look like a warmonger. - Margaret Thatcher
I'm back... and you knew I was coming. On my way here I passed a cinema with the sign 'The Mummy Returns'. - Margaret Thatcher
Don't follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you. - Margaret Thatcher
To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best. - Margaret Thatcher
Being powerful is a lot like being a woman: If you have to tell someone that you are, invariably, you are not. - 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