The Downing Street Years 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:truthhopefaith

“This was no time to go wobbly.”

― Margaret Thatcher, The Downing Street Years

topic:strengthweakness

“Being prime minister is a lonely job.”

― Margaret Thatcher, The Downing Street Years

topic:powerlonelinesspolitics

“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:governmentfailure

“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:futurewarenemy

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

― Margaret Thatcher, The Downing Street Years

topic:fight