I don't think there will be a woman Prime Minister in my lifetime.
- Margaret Thatcher
My job is to stop Britain going red.
- Margaret Thatcher
Pennies don't fall from heaven, they have to be earned here on earth.
- Margaret Thatcher
Economics are the method; the object is to change the heart and soul.
- Margaret Thatcher
Oh, but you know, you do not achieve anything without trouble, ever.
- Margaret Thatcher
We must try to find ways to starve the terrorist and the hijacker of the oxygen of publicity on which they depend.
- Margaret Thatcher
Children who need to be taught to respect traditional moral values are being taught that they have an inalienable right to be gay.
- Margaret Thatcher
A man may climb Everest for himself, but at the summit he plants his country's flag.
- Margaret Thatcher
I believe that the royal family are a focus of patriotism, of loyalty, of affection and of esteem. That is a rare combination, and we should value it highly.
- Margaret Thatcher
I might have preferred iron, but bronze will do. It won't rust. And, this time I hope, the head will stay on.
- Margaret Thatcher
For every idealistic peacemaker willing to renounce his self-defence in favour of a weapons-free world, there is at least one warmaker anxious to exploit the other's good intentions.
- Margaret Thatcher
Successful entrepreneurship is ultimately a matter of flair. But there is also a fund of practical knowledge to be acquired and, of course, the right legal and financial framework has to be provided for productive enterprise to develop.
- Margaret Thatcher
Constitutions have to be written on hearts, not just paper.
- 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
Where there is discord, may we bring harmony. Where there is error, may we bring truth. Where there is doubt, may we bring faith. And where there is despair, may we bring hope.
- Margaret Thatcher
No-one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions; he had money as well.
- Margaret Thatcher
Gentlemen, there is nothing sweeter than success, and you boys have got it!
- Margaret Thatcher
There really is no alternative.
- Margaret Thatcher
Just rejoice at that news and congratulate our forces and the marines. .. Rejoice.
- Margaret Thatcher
Our necks have been protected by a military personnel who were more rugged than slave-man boots.
- Margaret Thatcher
Defeat-I do not recognise the meaning of the word!
- Margaret Thatcher
It is always important in matters of high politics to know what you do not know. Those who think they know, but are mistaken, and act upon their mistakes, are the most dangerous people to have in charge.
- Margaret Thatcher
