You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.
MARGARET THATCHERRelated Topics
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You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.
MARGARET THATCHERWe have not successfully rolled back the frontiers of the state in Britain, only to see them reimposed at a European level with a European super-state exercising a new dominance from Brussels.
MARGARET THATCHERThe larger Europe grows, the more diverse must be the forms of co-operation it requires.
MARGARET THATCHERThe problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money.
MARGARET THATCHERI am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.
MARGARET THATCHERIt’s a funny old world.
MARGARET THATCHERWhat 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.
MARGARET THATCHERAny leader has to have a certain amount of steel in them, so I am not that put out being called the Iron Lady.
MARGARET THATCHERI don’t think there will be a woman prime minister in my lifetime.
MARGARET THATCHERTo wear your heart on your sleeve isn’t a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.
MARGARET THATCHERWell, there’s a lot to react against!
MARGARET THATCHERBeing powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren’t.
MARGARET THATCHERI wasn’t lucky, I deserved it.
MARGARET THATCHERDo you know, one of the greatest problems of our age is that we are governed by people who care more about feelings than they do about thoughts and ideas?
MARGARET THATCHERStanding in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.
MARGARET THATCHERBeing Prime Minister is a lonely job. In a sense, it ought to be: you cannot lead from the crowd.
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