Margaret Thatcher Quotes

“Where there is error, may we bring truth. Where there is doubt, may we bring faith. And where there is despair, may we bring hope.”

― Margaret Thatcher, The Downing Street Years

topic:truth hope faith

“Freedom will destroy itself if it is not exercised within some sort of moral framework, some body of shared beliefs, some spiritual heritage transmitted through the Church, the family and the school.”

― Margaret Thatcher, The Path to Power

topic:freedom belief morality

“Now, all the general propositions favouring freedom I had either imbibed at my father’s knee or acquired by candle-end reading of Burke and Hayek were suddenly embodied in the worshippers and their children and illuminated by their smiles.”

― Margaret Thatcher, The Path to Power

topic:freedom children

“This was no time to go wobbly.”

― Margaret Thatcher, The Downing Street Years

topic:strength weakness

“Being prime minister is a lonely job.”

― Margaret Thatcher, The Downing Street Years

topic:power loneliness politics

“The Russians are bent on world dominance, and they are rapidly acquiring the means to become the most powerful imperial nation the world has seen. The men in the Soviet Politburo do not have to worry about the ebb and flow of public opinion. They...”

― Margaret Thatcher, The Path to Power

topic:power opinion

“No theory of government was ever given a fairer test or a more prolonged experiment in a democratic country than democratic socialism received in Britain. Yet it was a miserable failure in every respect.”

― Margaret Thatcher, The Downing Street Years

topic:government failure

“In a cold as in a hot war it pays to know the enemy — not least because at some time in the future you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend.”

― Margaret Thatcher, The Downing Street Years

topic:future war enemy

“There are significant differences between the American and European versions of capitalism. The American traditionally emphasizes the need for limited government, light regulation, low taxes and maximum labour-market flexibility. Its success has...”

― Margaret Thatcher, The Path to Power

topic:success

“What great cause would have been fought and won under the banner ‘I stand for consensus’?”

― Margaret Thatcher, The Downing Street Years

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