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
There are still people in my party who believe in consensus politics. I regard them as Quislings, as traitors… I mean it. – Margaret Thatcher
I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end. – Margaret Thatcher
One of the things being in politics has taught me is that men are not a reasoned or reasonable sex. – Margaret Thatcher
There is no such thing as society: there are individual men and women, and there are families. – Margaret Thatcher
It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake. – Margaret Thatcher
Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country. – Margaret Thatcher
Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy. – Margaret Thatcher
Democratic nations must try to find ways to starve the terrorist and the hijacker of the oxygen of publicity on which they depend. – Margaret Thatcher
A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us. – Margaret Thatcher
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
I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end good will triumph. – Margaret Thatcher
I usually make up my mind about a man in ten seconds, and I very rarely change it. – Margaret Thatcher
I like Mr. Gorbachev, we can do business together. – Margaret Thatcher
Christmas is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm circle of family and friends. – Margaret Thatcher
