Quotes from Margaret Thatcher

Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.

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

The government has no money of its own. It's all your money.

The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples' money.

I started out in life with two great advantages: No money and good parents.

Socialists are happy until they run out of other people's money.

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

Every family should have the right to spend their money, after tax, as they wish, and not as the government dictates. Let us extend choice, extend the will to choose and the chance to choose.

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

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.

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

Europe will never be like America. Europe is a product of history. America is a product of philosophy.

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

When I'm out of politics I'm going to run a business, it'll be called rent-a-spine

The lady's not for turning.

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

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

I will not change just to court popularity.

Socialists cry "Power to the people", and raise the clenched fist as they say it. We all know what they really mean - power over people, power to the State.

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.

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

It is your tax which pays for public spending. The government have no money of their own. There is only taxpayers' money.

When you hold back the successful, you penalize those who need help.

History has taught us that freedom cannot long survive unless it is based on moral foundations. You can get the economics right, but in addition liberty must be cultivated as a moral quality.