Margaret Thatcher Quotes

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

If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.

In considering our traditional ties with the Commonwealth we should remember that it now differs greatly from the entity which existed 20 or 30 years ago. Many of us do not feel quite the same allegiance to Archbishop Makarios or Doctor Nkrumah or to people like Jomo Kenyatta as we do towards Mr. Menzies of Australia.

In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man; if you want anything done, ask a woman.

I don't think there will be a woman Prime Minister in my lifetime.

I started life with two great advantages: no money, and good parents.

I wish I could say that the Chancellor of the Exchequer had done himself less than justice. Unfortunately, I can only say that I believe he has done himself justice. Some Chancellors are macro-economic. Other Chancellors are fiscal. This one is just plain cheap.

If a Tory does not believe that private property is one of the main bulwarks of individual freedom, then he had better become a socialist and have done with it.

And I will go on criticising Socialism, and opposing Socialism because it is bad for Britain – and Britain and Socialism are not the same thing...It's the Labour Government that have brought us record peace-time taxation. They’ve got the usual Socialist disease – they’ve run out of other people's money.