Margaret Thatcher Quotes
Europe will never be like America. Europe is a product of history. America is a product of philosophy.
If it is once again one against forty-eight, then I am very sorry for the forty-eight.
I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.
I think we`ve been through a period where too many people have been given to understand that if they have a problem, it`s the government`s job to cope with it. `I have a problem, I`ll get a grant.` `I`m homeless, the government must house me.` They`re casting their problem on society. And, you know, there is no such thing as society. There are individual men and women, and there are families. And no government can do anything except through people, and people must look to themselves first. It`s our duty to look after ourselves and then, also to look after our neighbour. People have got the entitlements too much in mind, without the obligations. There`s no such thing as entitlement, unless someone has first met an obligation
I usually make up my mind about a man in ten seconds; and I very rarely change it.
Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.
To wear your heart on your sleeve isn`t a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.
I love argument, I love debate. I don`t expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me, that`s not their job.
In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man; if you want anything done, ask a woman.
If you want something said, ask a man...if you want something done, ask a woman.
To wear your heart on your sleeve isn`t a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.
Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It`s not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it`s when you`ve had everything to do, and you`ve done it.
A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us.
What is success? I think it is a mixture of having a flair for the thing that you are doing; knowing that it is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose.
I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.
Democratic nations must try to find ways to starve the terrorist and the hijacker of the oxygen of publicity on which they depend.
