I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.

Quote by Margaret Thatcher

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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...

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

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

There can be no liberty unless there is economic liberty.

There can be no liberty unless there is economic liberty.

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.

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.

What Britain needs is an iron lady.

What Britain needs is an iron lady.

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'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.

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,...

Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a...

Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a...

Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you...

Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you...

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,...

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...

I like Mr Gorbachev, we can do business together.

I like Mr Gorbachev, we can do business together.

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...

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

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

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 -...

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...

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 seem to smell the stench of appeasement in the air.

I seem to smell the stench of appeasement in the air.