No woman in my time will be prime minister or chancellor or foreign secretary - not the top jobs. Anyway, I wouldn't want to be prime minister; you have to give yourself 100 percent.

Quote by Margaret Thatcher

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Nothing is more obstinate than a fashionable consensus.

Nothing is more obstinate than a fashionable consensus.

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.

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...

Do what you know is right & importance, it is the highroad to pride, self-esteem,...

Do what you know is right & importance, it is the highroad to pride, self-esteem,...

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...

I like Mr Gorbachev, we can do business together.

I like Mr Gorbachev, we can do business together.

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.

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,...

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

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

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...

There can be no liberty unless there is economic liberty.

There can be no liberty unless there is economic liberty.

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...