Margaret Thatcher Quotes

“That July, on a flight to the Republican convention in Detroit which nominated him as the party’s presidential candidate, Ronald Reagan had chatted with his political guru, Stuart Spencer: ‘Spencer asked the question all political pros learn to ask their candidates early on. “Why are you doing this, Ron? Why do you want to be President?” Without a moment’s hesitation Reagan answered, “To end the Cold War.”
― Charles Moore, Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography, Volume 1: From Grantham to the Falklands

“union boss. There is a widespread feeling in the country that the Conservative Party has not defended these ideals explicitly and toughly enough, so that Britain is set on a course towards inevitable Socialist mediocrity.”
― Charles Moore, Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography, Volume 1: From Grantham to the Falklands