Margaret Thatcher

Any leader has to have a certain amount of steel in them, so I am not that put out being called the iron lady.

Margaret Thatcher

As a motive for terror, religion has more often than not required a good deal of lubrication by lucre.

Margaret Thatcher

Being democratic is not enough, a majority cannot turn what is wrong into right. In order to be considered truly free, countries must also have a deep love of liberty and an abiding respect for the rule of law.

Margaret Thatcher

Bribing regimes to comply with requirements which they should have acknowledged in the first place is not a process that appeals to me.

Margaret Thatcher

Business success isn’t just a selfish aim. Profits spread beyond those who make them and bring jobs and prosperity.

Margaret Thatcher

Citizenship should be based on those who have a close and real relationship with this country and its inhabitants.

Margaret Thatcher

Consensus is the absence of leadership.

Margaret Thatcher

Constitutions have to be written on hearts, not just paper.

Margaret Thatcher

Democratic nations must try to find ways to starve the terrorist and the hijacker of the oxygen of publicity on which they depend.

Margaret Thatcher

Dictators can be deterred, they can be crushed-but they can never be appeased.

Margaret Thatcher