Margaret Thatcher Quotes

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

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

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 it should get you pretty near.

If you want to cut your own throat, don’t come to me for a bandage.

Power is like being a lady… if you have to tell people you are, you aren’t.

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the high road to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.

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

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

If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.

Standing in the middle of the road is dangerous; you get knocked down by traffic from both sides.

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

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

A leader who doesn’t hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.

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 Quotes part 2

I love argument, I love debate. I don’t expect anyone to just sit there and agree with me, that’s not their job.

The lady’s not for turning.

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

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

If you want to cut your own throat, don’t come to me for a bandage.

There is no such thing as public money, only taxpayer’s money.

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

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

If my critics saw me walking over the Thames they would say it was because I couldn’t swim.

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.

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.

To those waiting with bated breath for that favorite media catchphrase, the ‘U-turn’, I have only one thing to say: ‘You turn if you want to. The lady’s not for turning.’

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

I’m not a consensus politician. I’m a conviction politician.

There are still people in my party who believe in consensus politics. I regard them as Quislings, as traitors… I mean it.

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

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

I fall asleep counting my blessings.

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

I love argument, I love debate. I don’t expect anyone to just sit there and agree with me, that’s not their job.

The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money.

It’s a funny old world.

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.

I’m not here to make their (Cabinet colleagues) lives easier. I’m here to make hard decisions.

Defeat? I do not recognize the meaning of the word.

Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by traffic from both sides.

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

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

I like Mr. Gorbachev; we can do business together.

I owe nothing to women’s lib.