A List of Famous Margaret Thatcher Quotes By Reference

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

Margaret Thatcher

Home
2

Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.

Margaret Thatcher

Power
3

Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.

Margaret Thatcher

United States of America
4

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

Cheerfulness
5

I am extraordinarily patient provided I get my own way in the end.

Margaret Thatcher

Patience
6

I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.

Margaret Thatcher
7

I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end good will triumph.

Margaret Thatcher

Politicians and Politics
8

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

Margaret Thatcher

Hard work
9

I don't mind how much my ministers talk -- as long as they do what I say.

Margaret Thatcher

Talkativeness
10

I owe nothing to Women's Lib.

Margaret Thatcher

Feminism
11

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

Margaret Thatcher

Agreement
12

I shan't be pulling the levers there but I shall be a very good back-seat driver.

Margaret Thatcher

Power
13

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

Margaret Thatcher

Opinions
14

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

Perseverance
15

If it is once again one against forty-eight, then I am very sorry for the forty-eight.

Margaret Thatcher

Opposition
16

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

Leaders and Leadership
17

It may be the cock that crows, but it is the hen that lays the eggs.

Margaret Thatcher

Power
18

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

Enemies
19

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 when you've had everything to do, and you've done it.

Margaret Thatcher

Achievement
20

Most women defend themselves. It is the female of the species -- it is the tigress and lioness in you -- which tends to defend when attacked.

Margaret Thatcher

Woman
21

No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he only had good intentions. He had money as well.

Margaret Thatcher

Intention
22

Of course, it is the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.

Margaret Thatcher

Truth
23

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

Margaret Thatcher

Men
24

One only gets to the top rung of the ladder by steadily climbing up one at a time, and suddenly all sorts of powers, all sorts of abilities which you thought never belonged to you--suddenly become within your own possibility and you think, Well, I'll have a go, too.

Margaret Thatcher

Success
25

Pennies do not come from heaven -- they have to be earned here on earth.

Margaret Thatcher

Work
26

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

Opportunity
27

The battle for women's rights has been largely won.

Margaret Thatcher

Equality
28

The cocks may crow, but it's the hen that lays the egg.

Margaret Thatcher

Men and Women
29

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

Margaret Thatcher

Society
30

This lady is not for turning.

Margaret Thatcher

Perseverance
31

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

Consensus
32

To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.

Margaret Thatcher

Heart
33

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

Margaret Thatcher

Lies and Lying
34

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

Margaret Thatcher

Perseverance

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

Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.

Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.

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.

I am extraordinarily patient provided I get my own way in the end.

I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.

I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end good will triumph.

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

I don't mind how much my ministers talk -- as long as they do what I say.

I owe nothing to Women's Lib.

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

I shan't be pulling the levers there but I shall be a very good back-seat driver.

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

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.

If it is once again one against forty-eight, then I am very sorry for the forty-eight.

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.

It may be the cock that crows, but it is the hen that lays the eggs.

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

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 when you've had everything to do, and you've done it.

Most women defend themselves. It is the female of the species -- it is the tigress and lioness in you -- which tends to defend when attacked.

No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he only had good intentions. He had money as well.

Of course, it is the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.

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

One only gets to the top rung of the ladder by steadily climbing up one at a time, and suddenly all sorts of powers, all sorts of abilities which you thought never belonged to you--suddenly become within your own possibility and you think, Well, I'll have a go, too.

Pennies do not come from heaven -- they have to be earned here on earth.

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.

The battle for women's rights has been largely won.

The cocks may crow, but it's the hen that lays the egg.

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

This lady is not for turning.

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.

To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.

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

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