Margaret Thatcher Quotes

“Father taught me to like wht he called 'discussion', she recalled. Margaret Thatcher never repudiated the Methodism of her childhood, with its reverence for truth-telling, hard work and puting into practice the teachings of Scripture. page 6”
― Charles Moore, Margaret Thatcher (Volume 2): The Authorized Biography, Volume Two: Everything She Wants

“And she also enjoyed a conversation on public questions which tended to take place in the parlour of the shop”
― Charles Moore, Margaret Thatcher (Volume 2): The Authorized Biography, Volume Two: Everything She Wants

“It seems to have been meeting Methodist missionaries from India that inspired Margaret with her ambition, curious in someone little more than a child, to join the Indian Civil Service After listening to them, she remembered, 'I wanted to be an Indian civil servant, because I thought that India was a remarkable place and I would love to be a part, a cog in the wheel, of this great empire. (page 6)”
― Charles Moore, Margaret Thatcher (Volume 2): The Authorized Biography, Volume Two: Everything She Wants