For every idealistic peacemaker willing to renounce his self-defense in favor of a weapons-free world, there is at least one warmaker anxious to exploit the other’s good intentions.
MARGARET THATCHERFor every idealistic peacemaker willing to renounce his self-defense in favor of a weapons-free world, there is at least one warmaker anxious to exploit the other’s good intentions.
MARGARET THATCHERNowadays there really is no primary poverty left in this country. In Western countries, we are left with the problems which aren’t poverty
MARGARET THATCHERNazism (National Socialism) and communism (international socialism) were but two sides of the same coin.
MARGARET THATCHERTo wear your heart on your sleeve isn’t a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.
MARGARET THATCHERI’m back, and you knew I was coming. On my way here I passed a cinema with the sign ‘The Mummy Returns’
MARGARET THATCHERAll collectivism is always conducive to oppression: it is only the victims who differ.
MARGARET THATCHERWhile the home must always be the center of one’s life, it should not be the boundary of one’s ambitions.
MARGARET THATCHERYou may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.
MARGARET THATCHERDon’t follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you.
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 THATCHERI usually make up my mind about a man in ten seconds, and I very rarely change it.
MARGARET THATCHERIt’s no time to be wobbly, Geo.
MARGARET THATCHERIf you just set out to be liked, you will be prepared to compromise on anything at any time and would achieve nothing.
MARGARET THATCHERPoliticians should resist the temptation to consider themselves experts in fields where they have no experience.
MARGARET THATCHERIt pays to know the enemy – not least because at some time you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend.
MARGARET THATCHERFeminists hate me, don’t they? And I don’t blame them. For I hate feminism. It is poison.
MARGARET THATCHER