Margaret Thatcher

Socialists are happy until they run out of other people’s money.

Margaret Thatcher

Socialists don’t like ordinary people choosing, for they might not choose socialism.

Margaret Thatcher

Successful entrepreneurship is ultimately a matter of flair. But there is also a fund of practical knowledge to be acquired and, of course, the right legal and financial framework has to be provided for productive enterprise to develop.

Margaret Thatcher

Terrorism thrives on a free society. The terrorist uses the feelings in a free society to sap the will of civilization to resist. If the terrorist succeeds, he has won and the whole of free society has lost.

Margaret Thatcher

That is what capitalism is: a system that brings wealth to the many, not just the few.

Margaret Thatcher

The battle for women’s rights has largely been won. The days when they were demanded and discussed in strident tones should be gone forever. I hate those strident tones we hear from some Women’s Libbers.

Margaret Thatcher

The larger the slice taken by government, the smaller the cake available for everyone.

Margaret Thatcher

The lesson is clear. Inflation devalues us all.

Margaret Thatcher

The patronage state is an arrogant state. It assumes it can spend your money better than you do. Yet it expects you to work for it in the first place.

Margaret Thatcher

The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money.

Margaret Thatcher