Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC, FRS, FRICwas a British stateswoman and politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and the Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She was the longest-serving British prime minister of the 20th century and the first woman to have held the office. A Soviet journalist dubbed her the "Iron Lady", a nickname that became associated with her uncompromising politics and leadership style. As...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth13 October 1925
CityGrantham, England
I'm either the witch or Lady Macbeth of English politics, but someone gotta wear the pants in England when others wearing kilts
I wasn't lucky. I deserved it.
To cure the British disease with socialism was like trying to cure leukaemia with leeches.
Most women defend themselves. It is the female of the species-it is the tigress and lioness in you which tends to defend when attacked.
Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.
During my lifetime most of the problems the world has faced have come, in one fashion or other, from mainland Europe, and the solutions from outside it.
If my critics saw me walking over the Thames they would say it was because I couldn't swim.
There is no such thing as society: there are individual men and women, and there are families.
I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.
Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.
I've got a woman's ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves it.
To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.
To me, consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies. So it is something in which no one believes and to which no one objects.
I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near.