Margaret Thatcher Quotes

English - Leader October 13, 1925 - April 8, 2013

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If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.

Margaret Thatcher

Women Woman Man You Done

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

Margaret Thatcher

Money Socialism Problem Government

You and I come by road or rail, but economists travel on infrastructure.

Margaret Thatcher

Travel You Finance Road

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.

Margaret Thatcher

Fight You Win Battle More

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

Yourself You Pride Important

Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't.

Margaret Thatcher

Power People You Lady

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

Margaret Thatcher

You Road Down Dangerous

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

Love Me Job Debate

The spirit of envy can destroy; it can never build.

Margaret Thatcher

Envy Never Spirit Destroy

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

Wisdom Time You Achieve

Top 10
Margaret Thatcher
Quotes

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

Think Political Always Single

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

Margaret Thatcher

History World Dangerous Without

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

Margaret Thatcher

Air Smell Seem Appeasement

What is success? I think it is a mixture of having a flair for the thing that you are doing; knowing that it is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose.

Margaret Thatcher

Work Hard Work Success Think

I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near.

Margaret Thatcher

Work Hard Work You Know

Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.

Margaret Thatcher

Woman Home Problems Understanding

Nothing is more obstinate than a fashionable consensus.

Margaret Thatcher

Nothing More Than Consensus

There is no such thing as society: there are individual men and women, and there are families.

Margaret Thatcher

Women Men Society Men And Women

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

Margaret Thatcher

Work Day Today Every Day

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

Margaret Thatcher

Me Walking Say Swim

To me, consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies. So it is something in which no one believes and to which no one objects.

Margaret Thatcher

Me Values Process Principles

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 Good Times You World

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

Success People Think Room

I've got a woman's ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves it.

Margaret Thatcher

Work Woman Job Ability

I usually make up my mind about a man in ten seconds, and I very rarely change it.

Margaret Thatcher

Change Man Men Mind

I owe nothing to Women's Lib.

Margaret Thatcher

Women Nothing Owe Lib

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