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
The price of freedom is still, and always will be, eternal vigilance.
That nations that have gone for equality, like Communism, have neither freedom nor justice nor equality, they've the greatest inequalities of all, the privileges of the politicians are far greater compared with the ordinary folk than in any other country. The nations that have gone for freedom, justice and independence of people have still freedom and justice, and they have far more equality between their people, far more respect for each individual than the other nations. Go my way. You will get freedom and justice and much less difference between people than you do in the Soviet Union.
It is only when you look now and see success that you say that it was good fortune. It was not. We lost 250 of our best young men. I felt every one.
It's passionately interesting for me that the things that I learned in a small town, in a very modest home, are just the things that I believe have won the election.
We have lost a great president and a great man, and I have lost a great friend,
I'm not quite sure of his place in history. History will determine that.
I'm extraordinarily patient provided I get my own way in the end.
I'm fine, I'm fine. I feel fine. The doctors assessed her this morning and say she is OK.
The battle for women's rights has largely been won
Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and importance, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.
We didn't have to do the minuets of diplomacy. We got down to business.
This is not the first such Europe-wide attempt to bully national electorates.
It was sheer professionalism and inspiration and the fact that you really cannot have people marching into other people's territory and staying there.
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.