"In politics, If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman."
— Margaret Thatcher

"Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't."
— Margaret Thatcher

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

"Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's a day you've had everything to do and you've done it."
— Margaret Thatcher

"You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it."
— Margaret Thatcher

"If you just set out to be liked, you will be prepared to compromise on anything at anytime, and would achieve nothing. "
— Margaret Thatcher

"I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end."
— Margaret Thatcher

"Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy."
— Margaret Thatcher

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

"Consensus: “The process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values, and policies in search of something in which no one believes, but to which no one objects; the process of avoiding the very issues that have to be solved, merely because you cannot get agreement on the way ahead. What great cause would have been fought and won under the banner: ‘I stand for consensus?’”"
— Margaret Thatcher

"No-one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions; he had money as well."
— Margaret Thatcher

"I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.
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— Margaret Thatcher

"I do not know anyone who has gotten to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but it will get you pretty near."
— Margaret Thatcher

"Christmas is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm circle of family and friends."
~ (1925- ), English political leader. "
— Margaret Thatcher

"Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't."
— Margaret Thatcher

"To those waiting with bated breath for that favorite media catchphrase, the U-turn, I have only this to say, ‘You turn if you want; the lady’s not for turning.’"
— Margaret Thatcher