Margaret Thatcher Quotes

I seem to smell the stench of appeasement in the air.
Margaret Thatcher

Seem, Air, Smell

If my critics saw me walking over the Thames they would say it was because I couldn't swim.
Margaret Thatcher

Walking, Critics, Swim

I'm extraordinarily patient provided I get my own way in the end.
Margaret Thatcher

Patience, End, Patient

Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.
Margaret Thatcher

Down, Road, Dangerous

No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions; he had money as well.
Margaret Thatcher

Good, Money, Remember

Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.
Margaret Thatcher

Truth, Same, Old

Pennies do not come from heaven. They have to be earned here on earth.
Margaret Thatcher

Here, Earth, Heaven

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

History, Dangerous, Less

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

Home, Father, Small

It pays to know the enemy - not least because at some time you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend.
Margaret Thatcher

Time, Enemy, Friend

Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan.
Margaret Thatcher

Work, Today, Plan

If you want to cut your own throat, don't come to me for a bandage.
Margaret Thatcher

Cut, Throat, Bandage

I owe nothing to Women's Lib.
Margaret Thatcher

Women, Nothing, Owe

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

Lonely, Job, Cannot

What Britain needs is an iron lady.
Margaret Thatcher

Needs, Lady, Britain

If you lead a country like Britain, a strong country, a country which has taken a lead in world affairs in good times and in bad, a country that is always reliable, then you have to have a touch of iron about you.
Margaret Thatcher

Good, Strong, Bad

There are still people in my party who believe in consensus politics. I regard them as Quislings, as traitors... I mean it.
Margaret Thatcher

Politics, Mean, Party

You don't tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive.
Margaret Thatcher

Sometimes, Tell, Lies

It's a funny old world.
Margaret Thatcher

This lady is not for turning.
Margaret Thatcher

One of the things being in politics has taught me is that men are not a reasoned or reasonable sex.
Margaret Thatcher

Politics, Men, Sex

People think that at the top there isn't much room. They tend to think of it as an Everest. My message is that there is tons of room at the top.
Margaret Thatcher

Top, Room, Message

The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples' money.
Margaret Thatcher

Money, Problem, Socialism

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

Mind, Long, Talk

Nothing is more obstinate than a fashionable consensus.
Margaret Thatcher

Nothing, Consensus, Obstinate

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Leader

Born: October 13, 1925

Died: April 8, 2013

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