"I always cheer up immensely if anything is said to me that is particularly wounding, because I think, 'There is someone who need not be considered.'"

"You turn if you want to. The lady's not for turning."

"I stand before you today in my green suit, a colour which has been described as a colour of hope, and I have hope for Britain."

"I sometimes think that too much fuss is made about the whole business of being a woman."

"I was told I would never get into the House of Commons. I was told I would never get into the Cabinet. I was told I would never be Leader of the Opposition. And I was told I would never be Prime Minis…"