If my critics saw me walking over the Thames they would say it was because I couldn't swim.

Quote by Margaret Thatcher

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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.

Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.

Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.

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 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 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...

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...

Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.

Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.

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.

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.

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...

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.

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...

It's a funny old world.

It's a funny old world.

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 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...

I owe nothing to Women's Lib.

I owe nothing to Women's Lib.

To me, consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and...

To me, consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and...

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.

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...

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,...