669 Quotes by Margaret Thatcher

When you hold back the successful, you penalize those who need help.

There are no personal sympathies in politics.

You know the critical thing with the Communist countries is Communism, which by definition consists of control by the government.

We are very fortunate to have someone else's weapons stationed on our soil, to fight those targeted on us.

The battle for women's rights has largely been won. The days when they were demanded and discussed in strident tones should be gone forever. I hate those strident tones we hear from some Women's Libbers.

I do believe that political arrangements which are based upon violence, intimidation and theft will eventually break down - and will deserve to do so.

We must not fall into the trap of projecting our own morality onto the Soviet leaders. They do not share our aspirations, they are not constrained by our ethics, they always consider themselves exempt from the rules that bind other states.

We Conservatives hate unemployment.

A bully has no respect for a weakling and the way to stop a bully is not to be weak. The way to stop a bully from ever being a bully is to say: "I'm as strong as you. Anything you do to me, I can do to you." We are going for nuclear and conventional disarmament but we're going about it in the right way.