A well ordered society would be one where the State only had a negative action, comparable to that of a rudder: a light pressure at the right moment to counteract the first suggestion of any loss of equilibrium.

Quote by Margaret Thatcher

Topics: Discipline Quotes, Society Quotes

If you want to cut your own throat, don't come to me for a bandage.

If you want to cut your own throat, don't come to me for a bandage.

It's passionately interesting for me that the things that I learned in a small town,...

It's passionately interesting for me that the things that I learned in a small town,...

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,...

This lady is not for turning.

This lady is not for turning.

I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe...

I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe...

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...

There can be no liberty unless there is economic liberty.

There can be no liberty unless there is economic liberty.

People think that at the top there isn't much room. They tend to think of...

People think that at the top there isn't much room. They tend to think of...

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...

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 -...

Democratic nations must try to find ways to starve the terrorist and the hijacker of...

Democratic nations must try to find ways to starve the terrorist and the hijacker of...

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;...

It's passionately interesting for me that the things that I learned in a small town,...

It's passionately interesting for me that the things that I learned in a small town,...

There can be no liberty unless there is economic liberty.

There can be no liberty unless there is economic liberty.

What is success? I think it is a mixture of having a flair for the...

What is success? I think it is a mixture of having a flair for the...

What Britain needs is an iron lady.

What Britain needs is an iron lady.

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.

If you lead a country like Britain, a strong country, a country which has taken...

If you lead a country like Britain, a strong country, a country which has taken...

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 -...

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...