Margaret Thatcher Quotes

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

Margaret Thatcher

It's a funny old world.

Margaret Thatcher

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

Margaret Thatcher

I usually make up my mind about a man in ten seconds, and I very rarely change it.

Margaret Thatcher

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

Margaret Thatcher

Pennies do not come from heaven. They have to be earned here on earth.

Margaret Thatcher

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

Margaret Thatcher

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

Margaret Thatcher

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

Margaret Thatcher

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.

Margaret Thatcher

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.

Margaret Thatcher

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

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

Margaret Thatcher

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

Margaret Thatcher

I owe nothing to Women's Lib.

Margaret Thatcher

It may be the cock that crows, but it is the hen that lays the eggs.

Margaret Thatcher

I've got a woman's ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves it.

Margaret Thatcher

The battle for women's rights has been largely won.

Margaret Thatcher