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

Quote by Margaret Thatcher

Topics: Margaret Thatcher Quotes

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 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...

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.

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...

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,...

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 like Mr Gorbachev, we can do business together.

I like Mr Gorbachev, we can do business together.

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...

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...

In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man; if you want anything done,...

In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man; if you want anything done,...

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

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

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...

Christmas is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm...

Christmas is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm...

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,...

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...

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...

In politics, if you want anything said ask a man. If you want anything done,...

In politics, if you want anything said ask a man. If you want anything done,...

Ought we not to ask the media to agree among themselves a voluntary code of...

Ought we not to ask the media to agree among themselves a voluntary code of...

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...

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...