Of course, to be a mother and a housewife is a vocation of a very high kind. But I simply felt that it was not the whole of my vocation. I knew that I also wanted a career. A phrase that Irene Ward, MP for Tynemouth, and I often used was that ‘while the home must always be the centre of one’s life, it should not be the boundary of one’s ambitions’.

— Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher Quotes

In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.

— Margaret Thatcher
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I do not know anyone who has gotten to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but it will get you pretty near.

— Margaret Thatcher
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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.

— Margaret Thatcher
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Naturally, it is with some temerity that the pupil speaks before the master, because you know more about the Common Market than anybody.

— Margaret Thatcher

I am always on the job.

— Margaret Thatcher

I remain totally convinced that when children are young, however busy we may be with the practical duties inside the home, themost important thing of all is to devbote enoughh time and care to their needs and problems.

— Margaret Thatcher

Socialism is in no way a curate’s egg.

— Margaret Thatcher

To accuse me of being too inflexible is poppycock.

— Margaret Thatcher

Occupied Falklands are the thorn in my balls.

— Margaret Thatcher

Consensus: “The process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values, and policies in search of something in which no one believes, but to which no one objects; the process of avoiding the very issues that have to be solved, merely because you cannot get agreement on the way ahead. What great cause would have been fought and won under the banner: ‘I stand for consensus?

— Margaret Thatcher

Christmas is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm circle of family and friends.

— Margaret Thatcher

There are significant differences between the American and European version of capitalism. The American traditiionally emphasizes the need for limited government, light regulations, low taxes and maximum labour-market flexibility. Its success has been shown above all in the ability to create new jobs, in which it is consistently more successful than Europe.

— Margaret Thatcher

Of course, to be a mother and a housewife is a vocation of a very high kind. But I simply felt that it was not the whole of my vocation. I knew that I also wanted a career. A phrase that Irene Ward, MP for Tynemouth, and I often used was that ‘while the home must always be the centre of one’s life, it should not be the boundary of one’s ambitions’.

— Margaret Thatcher

When people are free to choose, they choose freedom.

— Margaret Thatcher

Consensus is the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies in search of something in which no one believes, but to which no one objects. – Margaret Thatcher.

— Margaret Thatcher

It’s no time to be wobbly, Geo.

— Margaret Thatcher

Give me six men and true, and I will get policies through.

— Margaret Thatcher

If you can’t afford it, you can’t have it.

— Margaret Thatcher

In general, more nonsense was written about the so-called ‘feminine factor’ during my time in office than about almost anything else. I was always asked how it felt to be a woman Prime Minister. I would reply: ‘I don’t know: I’ve never experienced the alternative.

— Margaret Thatcher

There is no such thing as public money; there is only taxpayers’ money.

— Margaret Thatcher
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