Margaret Thatcher Quotes

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

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

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Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and importance, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.
– Margaret Thatcher

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The battle for women’s rights has been largely won.
– Margaret Thatcher

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If you want to cut your own throat, don’t come to me for a bandage.
– Margaret Thatcher

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You do not achieve anything without trouble, ever.
– Margaret Thatcher

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Socialists don’t like ordinary people choosing, for they might not choose Socialism.
– Margaret Thatcher

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

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Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.
– Margaret Thatcher

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

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Of course it’s the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.
– Margaret Thatcher

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

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

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Don’t follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you.
– Margaret Thatcher

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Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.
– Margaret Thatcher

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It used to be about trying to do something. Now it’s about trying to be someone.
– Margaret Thatcher

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Let us never forget this fundamental truth: the State has no source of money other than money which people earn themselves. If the State wishes to spend more it can do so only by borrowing your savings or by taxing you more. It is no good thinking that someone else will pay – that ‘someone else’ is you. There is no such thing as public money; there is only taxpayers’ money.
– Margaret Thatcher

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Watch your thoughts for they become words. Watch your words for they become actions. Watch your actions for they become habits. Watch your habits for they become your character. And watch your character for it becomes your destiny. What we think, we become. My father always said that… and I think I am fine.
– Margaret Thatcher

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If you set out to be liked, you will accomplish nothing.
– Margaret Thatcher

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I wouldn’t be worth my salt if I weren’t attracting some controversy and criticism. Everyone in the world who has done something in life has attracted criticism.
– Margaret Thatcher

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The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples’ money.
– Margaret Thatcher

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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

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

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

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You cannot make an omelet without breaking some balls.
– Margaret Thatcher

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I started out in life with two great advantages: No money and good parents.
– Margaret Thatcher

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Christmas is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm circle of family and friends.
– Margaret Thatcher

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Freedom is not synonymous with an easy life. … There are many difficult things about freedom: It does not give you safety, it creates moral dilemmas for you; it requires self-discipline; it imposes great responsibilities; but such is the nature of Man and in such consists his glory and salvation.
– Margaret Thatcher

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

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Defeat? I do not recognize the meaning of the word.
– Margaret Thatcher

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Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan.
– Margaret Thatcher

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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.
– Margaret Thatcher

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