669 Quotes by Margaret Thatcher

My job is to stop Britain from going red.

Why do you climb philosophical hills? Because they are worth climbing. There are no hills to go down unless you start from the top.

It seems like cloud cuckoo land. If anyone is suggesting that I would go to Parliament and suggest the abolition of the Pound Sterling - no! We have made it quite clear that we will not have a single currency imposed upon us.

You can present people with ideas they may come to believe in, and as a result of them they will act, if they have the opportunities. Presenting people with opportunities is part of what politics is about.

We very much hope that as we get growth that we can reduce the burden of taxation, that we can reduce income tax and increase the amount of genuine free enterprise and business enterprise... This is going... toward the restoration of the personal responsibility, the independence, with every man a property owner, every man a capitalist.

To Ronnie: Well done, thou good and faithful servant,

The desire to achieve grand utopian plans often poses a grave threat to freedom

They [Federalist European Politicians] divide their time between court room, prison and debating chamber - giving a whole new meaning to the term 'conviction politician'.

I've got my teeth into him, and I'm not going to let go.