Being prime minister is a lonely job... you cannot lead from the crowd.

Quote by Margaret Thatcher

Topics: Margaret Thatcher Quotes

I owe nothing to Women's Lib.

I owe nothing to Women's Lib.

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...

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

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

I usually make up my mind about a man in ten seconds, and I very...

I usually make up my mind about a man in ten seconds, and I very...

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...

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

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

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

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

It may be the cock that crows, but it is the hen that lays the...

It may be the cock that crows, but it is the hen that lays the...

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,...

I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well,...

I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well,...

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...

You don't tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive.

You don't tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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...

Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we...

Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we...

There comes a time when you have to stand up and shout: This is me...

There comes a time when you have to stand up and shout: This is me...