Quotes by Margaret Thatcher

If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.

If you just set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.

Power is like being a lady… if you have to tell people you are, you aren’t.

Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren’t.

One of the things being in politics has taught me is that men are not a reasoned or reasonable sex.

There are still people in my party who believe in consensus politics. I regard them as Quislings, as traitors… I mean it.

I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end good will triumph.

I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.

I’m extraordinarily patient provided I get my own way in the end.

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