Margaret Thatcher1925–2013The quotations of
Margaret Thatcher
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990
1925–2013
33 quotes, most often on Politics, Economics and Government.
- From an interview for Italian television (RAI) (10 March 1986)
In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man; if you want anything done, ask a woman.
Speech to members of the National Union of Townswomen’s Guilds, delivered at the Royal Albert Hall (May 20, 1965); as quoted in Why Women Should Rule the World, HarperCollins (2008), Dee Dee Myers, p. 227To cure the British disease with socialism was like trying to cure leukaemia with leeches.
The Downing Street Years (1993), pp. 7-8A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us.
Speech at a Soviet Official banquet, St George’s Halls, the Kremlin (30 March 1987)Of course it’s the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.
- Speech to the American Bar Association (15 July 1985).
Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true.
Pennies don’t fall from heaven, they have to be earned here on earth.
Speech at Lord Mayor’s Banquet (12 November 1979)- The Times (1980), as cited in
- Interview for Press Association (3 May 1989)
Often credited to Margaret Thatcher
Quotes often credited to Margaret Thatcher that were said or written by someone else.
