69 Quotes & Sayings By Margaret Thatcher

Being democratic is not enough, a majority cannot turn what is wrong into right. In order to be considered truly free, countries must also have a deep love of liberty and an abiding respect for the rule of law. 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

Do you know that one of the great problems of our age is that we are governed by people who care more about feelings than they do about thoughts and ideas. Margaret Thatcher

Thought Leadership “The Downing Street Years” Book by Margaret Thatcher“I have a habit of comparing the phraseology of communiques . noting a certain similarity of words, a certain similarity of optimism . and a certain similarity in the lack of practical results during the ensuring years.” Margaret Thatcher AuthorFormer British Prime Minister#smitanairjain #leadership #womenintech #thoughtleaders #tedxspeaker #technology #tech #success #strategy #startuplife #startupbusiness #startup #mentor #leaders #itmanagement #itleaders #innovation #informationtechnology #influencers #Influencer #hightech #fintechinfluencer #fintech #entrepreneurship #entrepreneurs #economy #economics #development #businessintelligence #business . 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

When people are free to choose, they choose freedom Margaret Thatcher

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

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

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

Some Socialists seem to believe that people should be numbers in a State computer. We believe they should be individuals. We are all unequal. No one, thank heavens, is like anyone else, however much the Socialists may pretend otherwise. We believe that everyone has the right to be unequal but to us every human being is equally important. Margaret Thatcher

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

And I will go on criticising Socialism, and opposing Socialism because it is bad for Britain (...) It’s the Labour Government that have brought us record peace-time taxation. They’ve got the usual Socialist disease — they’ve run out of other people’s money. Margaret Thatcher

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

Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't. Margaret Thatcher

I'm not hard I'm frightfully soft. But I will not be hounded. Margaret Thatcher

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

I will not change just to court popularity. Margaret Thatcher

If you just set out to be liked you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time and you would achieve nothing. Margaret Thatcher

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. Margaret Thatcher

Pennies do not come from heaven- they have to be earned here on earth. 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 when you've had everything to do and you've done it. Margaret Thatcher

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

Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country. Margaret Thatcher

The lady's not for turning. Margaret Thatcher

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

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

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

It may be the cock that crows but it is the hen that lays the eggs. Margaret Thatcher

Success is having a flair for the thing that you are doing knowing that is not enough that you have got to have hard work and a sense of purpose. Margaret Thatcher

One only gets to the top rung of the ladder by steadily climbing up one at a time and suddenly all sorts of powers all sorts of abilities which you thought never belonged to you- suddenly become within your own possibility and you think "Well I'll have a go too." Margaret Thatcher

If it's me against 48 I feel sorry for the 48. Margaret Thatcher

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. Margaret Thatcher

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

I like Mr. Gorbachev, we can do business together. Margaret Thatcher

It's a funny old world. Margaret Thatcher

If... many influential people have failed to understand, or have just forgotten, what we were up against in the Cold War and how we overcame it, they are not going to be capable of securing, let alone enlarging, the gains that liberty has made. Margaret Thatcher

I love argument, I love debate. I don't expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me, that's not their job. Margaret Thatcher

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

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. Margaret Thatcher

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

Every family should have the right to spend their money, after tax, as they wish, and not as the government dictates. Let us extend choice, extend the will to choose and the chance to choose. Margaret Thatcher

If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing. Margaret Thatcher

If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman. Margaret Thatcher

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

I owe nothing to Women's Lib. Margaret Thatcher

I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end good will triumph. Margaret Thatcher

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

A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us. Margaret Thatcher

What Britain needs is an iron lady. Margaret Thatcher

Democratic nations must try to find ways to starve the terrorist and the hijacker of the oxygen of publicity on which they depend. Margaret Thatcher

You and I come by road or rail, but economists travel on infrastructure. Margaret Thatcher

One of the things being in politics has taught me is that men are not a reasoned or reasonable sex. Margaret Thatcher

There are still people in my party who believe in consensus politics. I regard them as Quislings, as traitors... I mean it. Margaret Thatcher

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

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

Pennies do not come from heaven. They have to be earned here on earth. Margaret Thatcher

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

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

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

I just owe almost everything to my father and 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. Margaret Thatcher