I am a big fan of Margaret Thatcher. I was sad to hear about her passing away today, but I feel she’s gone to a better place. From what I understand, there were three people that significantly contributed to restraining Russia’s increasing tyranny. Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher and Pope John Paul II. Today’s blog is dedicated to Margaret Thatcher.
The following are some of Margaret Thatcher’s most famous quotes. My condolences go to the family of Mrs. Thatcher for her loss.
In politics, if you want something said, ask a man; if you want to get something done, ask a woman. : http://abcnews.go.com/US/margaret-thatchers-inspiring-quotes/story?id=18908068
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.: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/margaret_thatcher.html
Ronnie and I got to know each other at a time when we were both in Opposition, and when a good many people intended to keep us there. They failed, and the conservative 1980s were the result. But in a certain sense, we remained an opposition, we were never the establishment. As Ron once put it: the nine most dangerous words in the English language are ‘I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.’ As usual, he was right.”: http://abcnews.go.com/US/margaret-thatchers-inspiring-quotes/story?id=18908068
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.: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/margaret_thatcher.html
The fact that we are gathered here, now — shocked but composed and determined – is a sign not only that this attack has failed but that all attempts to destroy democracy will fail.: http://abcnews.go.com/US/margaret-thatchers-inspiring-quotes/story?id=18908068
Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren’t. http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/margaret_thatcher.html#D0M7EvCFv7t78Y1v.99
Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/margaret_thatcher.html#D0M7EvCFv7t78Y1v.99 http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/margaret_thatcher.html
If you just set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/margaret_thatcher.html#D0M7EvCFv7t78Y1v.99
I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/margaret_thatcher.html#D0M7EvCFv7t78Y1v.99
Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/margaret_thatcher.html#D0M7EvCFv7t78Y1v.99
The people of the Falkland Islands, like the people of the United Kingdom, are an island race. Their way of life is British; their allegiance is to the Crown. They are few in number, but they have the right to live in peace, to choose their own way of life and to determine their own allegiance. It is the wish of the British people and the duty of Her Majesty’s Government to do everything that we can to uphold that right. That will be our hope and our endeavour and, I believe, the resolve of every member of the House. : http://abcnews.go.com/US/margaret-thatchers-inspiring-quotes/story?id=18908068
To me, consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies. So it is something in which no one believes and to which no one objects.: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/margaret_thatcher.html#D0M7EvCFv7t78Y1v.99
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.: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/margaret_thatcher.html#D0M7EvCFv7t78Y1v.99
Democratic nations must try to find ways to starve the terrorist and the hijacker of the oxygen of publicity on which they depend.: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/margaret_thatcher.html#D0M7EvCFv7t78Y1v.99
Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/margaret_thatcher.html#D0M7EvCFv7t78Y1v.99
It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake.: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/margaret_thatcher.html#D0M7EvCFv7t78Y1v.99
To those waiting with bated breath for that favorite media catchphrase, the U-turn, I have only one thing to say: ‘You turn if you want to. The lady’s not for turning.’: http://abcnews.go.com/US/margaret-thatchers-inspiring-quotes/story?id=18908068
To cure the British disease with socialism was like trying to cure leukaemia with leeches.: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/margaret_thatcher.html#D0M7EvCFv7t78Y1v.99
I love argument, I love debate. I don’t expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me, that’s not their job.: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/margaret_thatcher.html#D0M7EvCFv7t78Y1v.99
If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/margaret_thatcher.html#D0M7EvCFv7t78Y1v.99
You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/margaret_thatcher.html#D0M7EvCFv7t78Y1v.99
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.:http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/margaret_thatcher.html#D0M7EvCFv7t78Y1v.99
A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us.: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/margaret_thatcher.html#D0M7EvCFv7t78Y1v.99
There is no such thing as society: there are individual men and women, and there are families.: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/margaret_thatcher_2.html#DYgPuijW8v5FcY1R.99
I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end good will triumph.: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/margaret_thatcher_2.html#DYgPuijW8v5FcY1R.99
I would just like to remember some words of St. Francis of Assisi which I think are really just particularly apt at the moment. ‘Where there is discord, may we bring harmony. Where there is error, may we bring truth. Where there is doubt, may we bring faith. And where there is despair, may we bring hope.: http://abcnews.go.com/US/margaret-thatchers-inspiring-quotes/story?id=18908068
Pennies do not come from heaven. They have to be earned here on earth.: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/margaret_thatcher_2.html#DYgPuijW8v5FcY1R.99
Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/margaret_thatcher_2.html#DYgPuijW8v5FcY1R.99
It pays to know the enemy – not least because at some time you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend.: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/margaret_thatcher_2.html#DYgPuijW8v5FcY1R.99
Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan.: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/margaret_thatcher_2.html#DYgPuijW8v5FcY1R.99
You don’t tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive.: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/margaret_thatcher_2.html#DYgPuijW8v5FcY1R.99
Being prime minister is a lonely job… you cannot lead from the crowd.: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/margaret_thatcher_2.html#DYgPuijW8v5FcY1R.99
If you want to cut your own throat, don’t come to me for a bandage.: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/margaret_thatcher_2.html#DYgPuijW8v5FcY1R.99
It may be the cock that crows, but it is the hen that lays the eggs.: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/margaret_thatcher_2.html#DYgPuijW8v5FcY1R.99
No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he’d only had good intentions; he had money as well.: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/margaret_thatcher_2.html#DYgPuijW8v5FcY1R.99
One of the things being in politics has taught me is that men are not a reasoned or reasonable sex.: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/margaret_thatcher_2.html#DYgPuijW8v5FcY1R.99
I owe nothing to Women’s Lib.: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/margaret_thatcher_2.html
Nothing is more obstinate than a fashionable consensus.: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/margaret_thatcher_2.html#DYgPuijW8v5FcY1R.99
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.: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/margaret_thatcher_2.html#DYgPuijW8v5FcY1R.99
If you lead a country like Britain, a strong country, a country which has taken a lead in world affairs in good times and in bad, a country that is always reliable, then you have to have a touch of iron about you.: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/margaret_thatcher_2.html#DYgPuijW8v5FcY1R.99
It’s passionately interesting for me that the things that I learned in a small town, in a very modest home, are just the things that I believe have won the election.: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/margaret_thatcher_2.html#DYgPuijW8v5FcY1R.99
There are still people in my party who believe in consensus politics. I regard them as Quislings, as traitors… I mean it.: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/margaret_thatcher_2.html#DYgPuijW8v5FcY1R.99
I like Mr. Gorbachev, we can do business together.: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/margaret_thatcher_3.html#miKQi3cBQ4VFTbEg.99
Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true.: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/margaret_thatcher_3.html#miKQi3cBQ4VFTbEg.99
We were told our campaign wasn’t sufficiently slick. We regard that as a compliment.: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/margaret_thatcher_3.html#miKQi3cBQ4VFTbEg.99
You and I come by road or rail, but economists travel on infrastructure.: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/margaret_thatcher_3.html#miKQi3cBQ4VFTbEg.99
