669 Quotes by Margaret Thatcher

The virtues prized in free countries are honesty, self-discipline, a sense of responsibility to one's family, a sense of loyalty to one's employer and staff, and a pride in the quality of one's work. And these virtues only flourish in a climate of freedom.

The lesson is clear. Inflation devalues us all.

Most women defend themselves. It is the female of the species -- it is the tigress and lioness in you -- which tends to defend when attacked.

To accuse me of being too inflexible is poppycock.

America, my friends, is the only country in the world actually founded on liberty - the only one. People went to America to be free.

The secret of happiness is to live within your income and pay your bills on time.

There is nothing inevitable about rising unemployment.

One only gets to the top rung of the ladder by steadily climbing up one at a time, and suddenly all sorts of powers, all sorts of abilities which you thought never belonged to you--suddenly become within your own possibility and you think, ''Well, I'll have a go, too.''

If it's me against 48, I feel sorry for the 48.