Margaret Thatcher

I am not a consensus politician. I am a conviction politician.

I owe nothing to feminism. Feminism has done nothing for me.

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

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

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.

To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it does the most good.

I always cheer up immensely if anything looks like going wrong, because I know that I am then in my element.

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

I am not a bully. I am a realist.

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

I don't mind how much my ministers talk, so long as they do what I say.

No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions; he had money as well.

It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake.

The British people have spoken. They said, 'No.'

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

I've got a woman's ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves it.

If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.

The Iron Lady has no intention of going rusty.

I am not afraid to be wrong. I am afraid of being right too soon.

There are still people who believe that they can get something for nothing, and that the state will provide.