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

Quote by Margaret Thatcher

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To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear...

To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear...

Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are,...

Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are,...

I've got a woman's ability to stick to a job and get on with it...

I've got a woman's ability to stick to a job and get on with it...

The woman's mission is not to enhance the masculine spirit, but to express the feminine;...

The woman's mission is not to enhance the masculine spirit, but to express the feminine;...

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

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

To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear...

To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear...

I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That...

I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That...

To cure the British disease with socialism was like trying to cure leukaemia with leeches.

To cure the British disease with socialism was like trying to cure leukaemia with leeches.

One of the things being in politics has taught me is that men are not...

One of the things being in politics has taught me is that men are not...

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

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

If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything...

If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything...

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

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

In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man; if you want anything done,...

In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man; if you want anything done,...

We were told our campaign wasn't sufficiently slick. We regard that as a compliment.

We were told our campaign wasn't sufficiently slick. We regard that as a compliment.

I don't mind how much my Ministers talk, so long as they do what I...

I don't mind how much my Ministers talk, so long as they do what I...

Do what you know is right & importance, it is the highroad to pride, self-esteem,...

Do what you know is right & importance, it is the highroad to pride, self-esteem,...

Being a leader is like being a lady, if you have to go around telling...

Being a leader is like being a lady, if you have to go around telling...

Unless we change our ways and our direction, our greatness as a nation will soon...

Unless we change our ways and our direction, our greatness as a nation will soon...

The fate of all extremes is such: men may be read, as well as books,...

The fate of all extremes is such: men may be read, as well as books,...

People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them.

People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them.