No woman in my time will be prime minister or chancellor or foreign secretary - not the top jobs. Anyway, I wouldn't want to be prime minister; you have to give yourself 100 percent.

Quote by Margaret Thatcher

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I wasn't lucky. I deserved it.

I wasn't lucky. I deserved 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 love argument, I love debate. I don't expect anyone just to sit there and...

I love argument, I love debate. I don't expect anyone just to sit there and...

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...

Nothing is more obstinate than a fashionable consensus.

Nothing is more obstinate than a fashionable consensus.

I'm extraordinarily patient provided I get my own way in the end.

I'm extraordinarily patient provided I get my own way in the end.

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...

No woman in my time will be prime minister or chancellor or foreign secretary -...

No woman in my time will be prime minister or chancellor or foreign secretary -...

What Britain needs is an iron lady.

What Britain needs is an iron lady.

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and importance, although difficult, is the...

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and importance, although difficult, is the...

Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true.

Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true.

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.

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...

A well ordered society would be one where the State only had a negative action,...

A well ordered society would be one where the State only had a negative action,...

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

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

I just owe almost everything to my father and it's passionately interesting for me that...

I just owe almost everything to my father and it's passionately interesting for me that...

It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money...

It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money...

I owe nothing to Women's Lib.

I owe nothing to Women's Lib.

Except for their genitals, I don't know what immutable differences exist between men and women....

Except for their genitals, I don't know what immutable differences exist between men and women....

There are always women who will take men on their own terms. If I were...

There are always women who will take men on their own terms. If I were...