If you just set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.

Quote by Margaret Thatcher

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What Britain needs is an iron lady.

What Britain needs is an iron lady.

There are still people in my party who believe in consensus politics. I regard them...

There are still people in my party who believe in consensus politics. I regard them...

No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions - he...

No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions - he...

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...

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,...

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.

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

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

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

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

Unless we change our ways and our direction, our greatness as a nation will soon...

Unless we change our ways and our direction, our greatness as a nation will soon...

If you want something said, ask a man...if you want something done, ask a woman.

If you want something said, ask a man...if you want something done, ask a woman.

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.

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 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...

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.

The battle for women's rights has been largely won.

The battle for women's rights has been largely won.

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...

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

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

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...

In order to get power and retain it, it is necessary to love power; but...

In order to get power and retain it, it is necessary to love power; but...

Do the thing and you will be given the power

Do the thing and you will be given the power