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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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.

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...

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

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

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

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

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 -...

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

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

To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear...

To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear...

One hopes to achieve the zero option, but in the absence of that we must...

One hopes to achieve the zero option, but in the absence of that we must...

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.

Being a leader is like being a lady, if you have to go around telling...

Being a leader is like being a lady, if you have to go around telling...

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...

It is only when you look now and see success that you say that it...

It is only when you look now and see success that you say that it...

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...

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...

I'm back... and you knew I was coming. On my way here I passed a...

I'm back... and you knew I was coming. On my way here I passed a...

Nothing is more obstinate than a fashionable consensus.

Nothing is more obstinate than a fashionable consensus.

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...

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.

We were told our campaign wasn't sufficiently slick. We regard that as a compliment.

We were told our campaign wasn't sufficiently slick. We regard that as a compliment.

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.