Margaret Thatcher

The secret of happiness is to live within your income and pay your bills on time.

Margaret Thatcher

There are some remarkable parallels between basketball and politics. Michael Jordan has already mastered the skill most needed for political success: how to stay aloft without visible means of support.

Margaret Thatcher

There are too many people who imagine that there is something sophisticated about always believing the best of those who hate your country, and the worst of those who defend it.

Margaret Thatcher

There is little hope for democracy if the hearts of men and women in democratic societies cannot be touched by a call to something greater than themselves.

Margaret Thatcher

There is much to be said for trying to improve some disadvantaged people’s lot. There is nothing to be said for trying to create heaven on earth.

Margaret Thatcher

There is no such thing as society: there are individual men and women, and there are families.

Margaret Thatcher

To those waiting with bated breath for that favourite media catchphrase, the U-turn, I have only one thing to say: You turn if you want to. The lady’s not for turning.

Margaret Thatcher

To wear your heart on your sleeve isn’t a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.

Margaret Thatcher

We are not in politics to ignore peoples’ worries, we are in politics to deal with them.

Margaret Thatcher

We need to create a mood where it is everywhere thought morally right for as many people as possible to acquire capital.

Margaret Thatcher