Authors - Margaret Thatcher
Brief Biography
Margaret Hilda Thatcher (born 13 October 1925) is a British politician and the longest-serving (1979 - 1990) British prime minister of the 20th century, and the only woman ever to have held the post. A Soviet journalist nicknamed her the "Iron Lady", which later became associated with her uncompromising politics and leadership style. As prime minister, she implemented conservative policies that have come to be known as Thatcherism. - Wikipedia
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Quote 1002by Anonymous on 09/01/2011
Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.
Quote 1055by Anonymous on 10/01/2011
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.
Quote 1099by Anonymous on 10/01/2011
On my way here I passed a local cinema and it turned out you were expecting me after all, for the billboards read: The Mummy Returns.
Quote 1276by Anonymous on 11/01/2011
Being a leader is like being a lady, if you have to go around telling people you are one, you aren't.
Quote 1652by Anonymous on 15/01/2011
Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true.
Quote 1715by Anonymous on 15/01/2011
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.
Quote 1879by Anonymous on 18/01/2011
I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.
Quote 1967by Anonymous on 19/01/2011
If my critics saw me walking over the Thames they would say it was because I couldn't swim.
Quote 1982by Anonymous on 20/01/2011
Nothing is more obstinate than a fashionable consensus.
Quote 2146by Anonymous on 22/01/2011
I love argument, I love debate. I don't expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me, that's not their job.
Quote 2955by Anonymous on 03/02/2011
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.
Quote 2983by Anonymous on 03/02/2011
In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man; if you want anything done, ask a woman.
Quote 3738by Anonymous on 09/02/2011
Pennies do not come from heaven. They have to be earned here on earth.
Quote 4541by Anonymous on 23/02/2011
To cure the British disease with socialism was like trying to cure leukaemia with leeches.
Quote 5795by Anonymous on 28/08/2011
Europe will never be like America. Europe is a product of history. America is a product of philosophy.
Quote 6836by Anonymous on 10/10/2011
Players win games, teams win championships.
Quote 7430by Anonymous on 13/11/2011
Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.
Quote 7488by Anonymous on 30/11/2011
I usually make up my mind about a man in ten seconds; and I very rarely change it.
Quote 7600by Anonymous on 28/12/2011
To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.
Quote 8085by Anonymous on 20/04/2012
All truly historical peoples have an idea they must realize, and when they have sufficiently exploited it at home, they export it, in a certain way, by war; they make it tour the world.
Quote 10299by Anonymous on 26/09/2012
The battle for women's rights has been largely won.
Quote 10699by Anonymous on 19/10/2012
But to me nothing - the negative, the empty - is exceedingly powerful.
Quote 10756by Anonymous on 25/10/2012
It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake.
Quote 12268by Anonymous on 22/03/2013
Be grateful for the home you have, knowing that at this moment, all you have is all you need.
Quote 12557by Anonymous on 27/04/2013
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.
