No woman in my time will be prime minister or chancellor or foreign secretary – not the top jobs. Anyway, I wouldnt want to be prime minister you have to give yourself 100 percent. – Margaret Thatcher
There is no such thing as society: there are individual men and women, and there are families. – Margaret Thatcher
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
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
Which European leader today would not relish the wonder-working powers of a Moses? Budget deficit? Unpopular cuts? How about just a little miracle, an overnight increase in gold reserves, a new oil field, or the next world-changing communications technology? Surely thats not too much to ask. – Jonathan Sacks