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There is much to be said for trying to improve some disadvantaged people's lot. There is nothing to be said for trying to create heaven on earth.
— Margaret Thatcher
Socialists are happy until they run out of other people's money.
— Margaret Thatcher
I would not wish to be Prime Minister, dear.
— Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher's government redistributed money from rich to poor. And that's the nature of a modern western democracy.
— George Osborne
Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.
— Margaret Thatcher
Our aim is to make tax collecting a declining industry.
— Margaret Thatcher
I never was a great Thatcher fan, and it wasn't a sad day in my life when she resigned.
— Jim Broadbent
The government has no money of its own. It's all your money.
— Margaret Thatcher
Misgovernment ... will often be reflected in oppressive or aggressive policies towards groups within the state or towards the state's neighbours.
— Margaret Thatcher
There's no such thing as society.
— Margaret Thatcher
It may be the cock that crows, but it is the hen that lays the eggs.
— Margaret Thatcher
Everything a politician promises at election time has to be paid for either by higher taxation or by borrowing.
— Margaret Thatcher
I want to be America's Margaret Thatcher. I will be the next Iron Lady.
— Michele Bachmann
Never in the history of human credit has so much been owed.
— Margaret Thatcher
I'm quoting Margaret Thatcher. I quote her frequently.
— Carly Fiorina
Occupied Falklands are the thorn in my balls
— Margaret Thatcher
The spirit of envy can destroy; it can never build.
— Margaret Thatcher
I don't think there will be a woman prime minister in my lifetime.
— Margaret Thatcher
Naturally, it is with some temerity that the pupil speaks before the master, because you know more about the Common Market than anybody.
— Margaret Thatcher
We are not in politics to ignore peoples' worries, we are in politics to deal with them.
— Margaret Thatcher
No Western nation has to build a wall round itself to keep its people in.
— Margaret Thatcher
We speak of peace, yes, but whose peace? Poland's? Bulgaria's? The peace of the grave?
— Margaret Thatcher
If your only opportunity is to be equal then it is not opportunity.
— Margaret Thatcher
I do think British and American politics rhyme. They go in cycles. They go in Thatcher-Reagan cycles, Blair-Clinton cycles.
— David Brooks
I applaud strong government, but not overweening government sustained by cronies, ciphers and a personality cult.
— Margaret Thatcher
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
Being the only girl in the world who can say that her mother was Britain's first woman Prime Minister is honour enough for me.
— Carol Thatcher
Part of my dogsbody job during the 1983 election was choosing Mum's missile-proof clothes. They had to be disposable.
— Carol Thatcher
All the general propositions favouring freedom I had .. imbibed at my father's knee or acquired by candle-end reading of Burke and Hayek ...
— Margaret Thatcher
It's okay, Chancellor, you can touch them. Sometimes I just strip down to a tank top and stare at these guns in front of a mirror all day long.
— Margaret Thatcher
Let's make it clear: the Conservative Party has no plans for new NHS charges.
— Margaret Thatcher
Good Conservatives always pay their bills. And on time. Not like the Socialists who run up other people's bills.
— Margaret Thatcher
Well, there's a lot to react against![in response to the accusation that she was a reactionary]
— Margaret Thatcher
The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money.
— Margaret Thatcher
It's no time to be wobbly, Geo.
— Margaret Thatcher
Paddy Ashdown is the only party leader who's a trained killer. Although, to be fair, Mrs Thatcher was self taught.
— Charles Kennedy
I owe nothing to Women's Lib.
— Margaret Thatcher
When you've spent half your political life dealing with humdrum issues like the environment, it's exciting to have a real crisis on your hands.
— Margaret Thatcher
Socialist governments traditionally do make a financial mess. They always run out of other people's money. It's quite a characteristic of them.
— Margaret Thatcher
It's a funny old world.
— Margaret Thatcher
The election of a man committed to the cause of freedom and the renewal of America's strength has given encouragement to all those who love liberty.
— Margaret Thatcher
You turn if you want to. The Lady's not for turning.
— Margaret Thatcher
Socialism is in no way a curate's egg
— Margaret Thatcher
that's like Herod calling Thatcher a bit insensitive
— David Mitchell
Her iron will won international respect. Her unabashed femininity gained women's. Margaret Thatcher was a lady's lady.
— Louise Burfitt-Dons
I love his music because he was my generation. But then again, Elvis is everyone's generation, and he always will be.
— Margaret Thatcher
The Nuremburg trials were attacked at the time as 'victor's justice'. And this is precisely what they were - and were intended to be.
— Margaret Thatcher
The battle for women's rights has been largely won.
— 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
The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.
— Margaret Thatcher
I couldn't live without work. That's what makes me so sympathetic towards those people who are unemployed. I don't know how they live without working.
— Margaret Thatcher
When it comes to saving England, Maggy is Ball's Deep
— Denis Thatcher
If it's me against 48, I feel sorry for the 48.
— Margaret Thatcher
Mrs Thatcher was not lightly bullied.
— Michael Heseltine
First you win the argument, then you win the vote.
— Margaret Thatcher
Let us never forget this fundamental truth: The State has no source of money other than the money people themselves earn.
— Margaret Thatcher
When hecklers stand up, I get a mental jump for joy. It gives me something to get my teeth into - and the audiences love it.
— Margaret Thatcher
What Britain needs is an iron lady.
— Margaret Thatcher
Inflation is the parent of unemployment and the unseen robber of those who have saved.
— Margaret Thatcher
Life's greatest reward is life itself
— Margaret Thatcher
One hopes to achieve the zero option, but in the absence of that we must achieve balanced numbers.
— Margaret Thatcher
Do you know what Margaret Thatcher did in her first Budget? Introduced VAT on yachts! It somewhat ruined my retirement
— Edward Heath
I usually make up my mind about a man in ten seconds, and I very rarely change it.
— Margaret Thatcher
My thoughts jumbled together, but I remembered that one was not supposed to make eye contact with royalty; or was that mad wolves?
— Bethany Canaan
(Not) even the US can impose peace: it has to be genuinely accepted by both parties involved.
— Margaret Thatcher
I was asked whether I was trying to restore Victorian values. I said straight out I was. And I am.
— Margaret Thatcher
Economics are the method; the object is to change the soul.
— Margaret Thatcher
It will be years - not in my time - before a woman will become Prime Minister
— Margaret Thatcher
New technology is the true friend of full employment; the indispensable ally of progress; and the surest guarantee of prosperity.
— Margaret Thatcher
And certainly don't get caught by the press having too much to drink, you now, that sort of thing.
— Denis Thatcher
When you hold back the successful, you penalize those who need help.
— Margaret Thatcher
It used to be about trying to do something. Now it's about trying to be someone.
— Margaret Thatcher
Europe is ... a monument to the vanity of individuals, a programme whose inevitable destiny is failure.
— Margaret Thatcher
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[On Ronald Reagan:] Poor dear, there's nothing between his ears.
— Margaret Thatcher
If you asked her (Margaret Thatcher) about Sinai, she would probably think it was the plural for sinus.
— Jonathan Aitken
The price of freedom is still, and always will be, eternal vigilance.
— Margaret Thatcher
The mission of this government is much more than the promotion of economic progress. It is to renew the spirit and solidarity of the nation.
— Margaret Thatcher
Socialists don't like ordinary people choosing, for they might not choose socialism.
— Margaret Thatcher
Well-behaved women seldom make history.
— Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
People are really rather afraid that this country might be rather swamped by people with a different culture.
— Margaret Thatcher
I fight on. I fight to win.
— Margaret Thatcher
The desire to win is born in most of us. The will to win is a matter of training. The manner of winning is a matter of honour.
— Margaret Thatcher
A man may climb Everest for himself, but at the summit he plants his country's flag.
— 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
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
If you want to cut your own throat, don't come to me for a bandage.
— Margaret Thatcher
I don't know what I would do without Whitelaw. Everyone should have a Willy.
— Margaret Thatcher
Ronald Reagan won the Cold War without firing a shot.
— Margaret Thatcher
Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan
— Margaret Thatcher
Pennies do not come from heaven. They have to be earned here on earth.
— Margaret Thatcher
