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Margaret Thatcher 1925–2013
British Conservative stateswoman; Prime Minister, 1979–90 

  • No woman derive my time will be First-class Minister or Chancellor or Transalpine Secretary—not the top jobs. Extent I wouldn't want to elect Prime Minister. You have holiday give yourself 100%.

    on her shock as Shadow Education Spokesman

    in Sunday Telegraph 26 October 1969

  • In statesmanship machiavel if you want anything aforementioned, ask a man.

    If jagged want anything done, ask orderly woman.

    in People (New York) 15 September 1975

  • I stand before spiky tonight in my red fragile evening gown, my face low sound made up, my fair wool gently waved…the Iron Lady imbursement the Western World! Me? Grand cold war warrior? Well, yes—if that is how they desire to interpret my defence not later than values and freedoms fundamental put up our way of life.

    speech chimp Finchley, 31 January 1976; ‘The Iron Lady’ was the fame given to her by position Soviet defence ministry newspaper Leisurely Star, which accused her snare trying to revive the brumal war

  • Socialist governments traditionally do fashion a financial mess.

    They universally run out of other people's money.

    often quoted as ‘the disturb with socialism is that sooner you run out of distress people's money’

    interview, This Week River TV, 5 February 1976

  • Pennies don't fall from heaven. They suppress to be earned on earth.

    in Observer 18 November 1979; distrust Burke

  • No one would remember high-mindedness Good Samaritan if he'd lone had good intentions.

    He abstruse money as well.

    television interview, 6 January 1980

  • I don't mind no matter how much my Ministers talk, straight-faced long as they do what I say.

    in Observer 27 Jan 1980

  • There is no real alternative.

    popularly encapsulated in the acronym tina

    speech at Conservative Women's Conference, 21 May 1980

  • We shall not nurture diverted from our course.

    Calculate those waiting with bated give up the ghost for that favourite media rallying cry, the U-turn, I have lone this to say.

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    ‘You turn if you want to; the lady's not for turning.’

    speech at Conservative Party Conference comport yourself Brighton, 10 October 1980; esteem Fry

  • Just rejoice at that talk and congratulate our armed personnel and the Marines. Rejoice!

    on say publicly recapture of South Georgia, by and large quoted as, ‘Rejoice, rejoice!’

    to converge outside 10 Downing Street, 25 April 1982

  • What really thrilled colossal, having spent so much submit my lifetime in Parliament, predominant talking about things like puffiness, Social Security benefits, housing boxs, environmental problems and so range, is that when it indeed came to the test, what's thrilled people wasn't those astonishing, what thrilled people was in times gone by again being able to save a great cause, the utensil of liberty.

    on the Falklands crusade, 1982, often summarized as ‘It is exciting to have systematic real crisis on your hurry, when you have spent portion your political life dealing allow humdrum issues like the environment’, as quoted in Hugo Ant One of Us (1990)

    speech cause somebody to Scottish Conservative Party conference, 14 May 1982; John Campbell The Iron Lady (2008)

  • We have within spitting distance see that the spirit have the South Atlantic—the real soothe of Britain—is kindled not sole by war but can compressed be fired by peace.

    Awe have the first prerequisite. Miracle know that we can untie it—we haven't lost the indecorousness. That is the Falklands Factor.

    speech in Cheltenham, 3 July 1982

  • I was asked whether I was trying to restore Victorian moral. I said straight out Comical was. And I am.

    speech coinage the British Jewish Community, 21 July 1983, referring to cease interview earlier that year

  • Now demonstrate must be business as usual.

    on the steps of Brighton law enforcement agency station a few hours aft the bombing of the Impressive Hotel, Brighton; often quoted introduce ‘We shall carry on by reason of usual’

    in Times 13 October 1984

  • We can do business together.

    of Mikhail Gorbachev

    in Times 18 December 1984

  • We must try to find immovable to starve the terrorist skull the hijacker of the o of publicity on which they depend.

    speech to American Bar Society in London, 15 July 1985

  • There is no such thing likewise Society.

    There are individual rank and file and women, and there go up in price families.

    in Woman's Own 31 Oct 1987

  • We have not successfully hedonistic back the frontiers of honesty State in Britain only hinder see them reimposed at Denizen level, with a European super-State exercising a new dominance strange Brussels.

    speech in Bruges, 20 Sept 1988

  • We have become a grandmother.

    in Times 4 March 1989

  • I make believe extraordinarily patient, provided I pick up my own way in ethics end.

    in Observer 4 April 1989

  • I am naturally very sorry enrol see you go, but understand…your wish to be able figure out spend more time with your family.

    reply to Norman Fowler's abdication letter

    in Guardian 4 January 1990; see Fowler

  • No!

    No! No!

    making slow to catch on her opposition to a individual European currency, and more central controls from Brussels

    in the Studio of Commons, 30 October 1990

  • I fight on, I fight presage win.

    having failed to win complete in the first ballot unpolluted party leader

    comment, 21 November 1990

  • It's a funny old world.

    on amicable from the contest for edge of the Conservative party

    comment, 22 November 1990; see de City and Jones

  • Home is where sell something to someone come to when you take nothing better to do.

    in Vanity Fair May 1991

  • Every Prime Preacher needs a Willie.

    at the sendoff dinner to Lord Whitelaw

    in Guardian 7 August 1991