Quotes from Margaret Thatcher

The spirit of envy can destroy; it can never build.

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

A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us.

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

Ought we not to ask the media to agree among themselves a voluntary code of conduct, under which they would not say or show anything which could assist the terrorists' morale or their cause while the hijack lasted.

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.

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

You and I come by road or rail, but economists travel on infrastructure.

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

Let us never forget this fundamental truth: The State has no source of money other than the money people themselves earn.

Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true.

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

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

We were told our campaign wasn't sufficiently slick. We regard that as a compliment.

I seem to smell the stench of appeasement in the air.

It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake.

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

I'm not hard, I'm frightfully soft. But I will not be hounded.

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

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

People think that at the top there isn't much room. They tend to think of it as an Everest. My message is that there is tons of room at the top.

To cure the British disease with socialism was like trying to cure leukaemia with leeches.

It pays to know the enemy - not least because at some time you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend.

This lady is not for turning.