To cure the British disease with socialism was like trying to cure leukaemia with leeches.

Quote by Margaret Thatcher

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I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well,...

I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well,...

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...

There can be no liberty unless there is economic liberty.

There can be no liberty unless there is economic liberty.

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.

I usually make up my mind about a man in ten seconds, and I very...

I usually make up my mind about a man in ten seconds, and I very...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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.

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...

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 seem to smell the stench of appeasement in the air.

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

Nothing is more obstinate than a fashionable consensus.

Nothing is more obstinate than a fashionable consensus.

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...

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...

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,...

The day will come when men will recognize woman as his peer, not only at...

The day will come when men will recognize woman as his peer, not only at...

I love luxury. And luxury lies not in richness and ornateness but in the absence...

I love luxury. And luxury lies not in richness and ornateness but in the absence...