Margaret Thatcher

Do you know that one of the great problems of our age is that we are governed by people who care more about feelings than they do about thoughts and ideas.

Margaret Thatcher

Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.

Margaret Thatcher

First you win the argument, then you win the vote.

Margaret Thatcher

Forget that I’m a woman. Forget the accusations that I am a right winger demanding privilege – I had precious little privilege in my early years.

Margaret Thatcher

Freedom under the law must never be taken for granted.

Margaret Thatcher

Freedom will destroy itself if it is not exercised within some sort of moral framework, some body of shared beliefs, some spiritual heritage transmitted through the Church, the family, and the school.

Margaret Thatcher

Give me six men and true, and I will get policies through.

Margaret Thatcher

Had I faltered we would have neither the success nor the international reputation we have. Yet when a woman is strong she is strident. If a man is strong, he’s a good guy.

Margaret Thatcher

History has taught us that freedom cannot long survive unless it is based on moral foundations. You can get the economics right, but in addition liberty must be cultivated as a moral quality.

Margaret Thatcher

I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.

Margaret Thatcher