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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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...

Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are,...

Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are,...

I love argument, I love debate. I don't expect anyone just to sit there and...

I love argument, I love debate. I don't expect anyone just to sit there and...

It's a funny old world.

It's a funny old world.

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...

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,...

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.

The woman's mission is not to enhance the masculine spirit, but to express the feminine;...

The woman's mission is not to enhance the masculine spirit, but to express the feminine;...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

I wasn't lucky. I deserved it.

I wasn't lucky. I deserved it.

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.

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...

Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that...

Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that...

The only consolation I can find in your immediate presence is your ultimate absence

The only consolation I can find in your immediate presence is your ultimate absence