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 don't mind how much my Ministers talk, so long as they do what I say.
John Gummer just did not have the political clout or credibility to rally the troops. I had appointed him as a sort of nightwatchman, but he seemed to have to sleep on the job.
Personal virtue is no substitute for political hard-headedness.
We are not prepared to consider special category status for certain groups of people serving sentences for crime. Crime is crime is crime, it is not political
I do believe that political arrangements which are based upon violence, intimidation and theft will eventually break down - and will deserve to do so.
We didn't have to do the minuets of diplomacy. We got down to business.
Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and importance, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.
Her guidance and advice are always most acute and as prime minister I was privileged to benefit from both enormously.
On my way here I passed a local cinema and it turned out you were expecting me after all, for the billboards read: The Mummy Returns.
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.
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.
One only gets to the top rung of the ladder by steadily climbing up one at a time, and suddenly all sorts of powers, all sorts of abilities which you thought never belonged to you--suddenly become within your own possibility and you think, ''Well, I'll have a go, too.''
must be allowed to return to his own country forthwith.
No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions - he had money too