I've learned one thing in politics. You don't take a decision until you have to. Margaret Thatcher More Quotes by Margaret Thatcher More Quotes From Margaret Thatcher I'm back... and you knew I was coming. On my way here I passed a cinema with the sign 'The Mummy Returns'. Margaret Thatcher returncinemaway The application of collective guilt, running from one generation to another, is a dangerous doctrine which would leave few modern nations unscathed. Margaret Thatcher doctrineguiltrunning No woman in my time will be prime minister or chancellor or foreign secretary - not the top jobs. Anyway, I wouldn't want to be prime minister; you have to give yourself 100 percent. Margaret Thatcher wantjobsgiving Every family should have the right to spend their money, after tax, as they wish, and not as the government dictates. Let us extend choice, extend the will to choose and the chance to choose. Margaret Thatcher governmentchoicesshould-have We Conservatives hate unemployment. Margaret Thatcher unemploymenthate If we open our hearts to God, He has promised to work within us. Margaret Thatcher ifsfaithheart Once a woman is made man's equal, she becomes his superior. Margaret Thatcher equalmademen It's the Labour Government that have brought us record peacetime taxation. They've got the usual Socialist disease - they've run out of other people's money. Margaret Thatcher governmentrunningpeople We should not expect the state to appear in the guise of an extravagant good fairy at every christening, a loquacious companion at every stage of life's journey, and the unknown mourner at every funeral. Margaret Thatcher funeralgovernmentjourney All attempts to destroy democracy by terrorism will fail. It must be business as usual. Margaret Thatcher terrorismdemocracyusual There are some remarkable parallels between basketball and politics. Michael Jordan has already mastered the skill most needed for political success: how to stay aloft without visible means of support. Margaret Thatcher basketballfunnymean I have a habit of comparing the phraseology of communiques . . . noting a certain similarity of words, a certain similarity of optimism . . . and a certain similarity in the lack of practical results during the ensuring years. Margaret Thatcher optimismoptimisticyears We simply cannot delegate the exercise of mercy and generosity to others. Margaret Thatcher generositymercyexercise It can be argued - and rightly - that Taiwan is not just another regional issue: after all, the Chinese regard it as part of China. But Taiwan is also a regional issue for three reasons. First, the overthrow or even the neutering of democracy in Taiwan, which is what Beijing effectively demands, would be a major setback for democracy in the region as a whole. Second, if the Chinese were able to get their way by force in Taiwan, they would undoubtedly be tempted to do the same in other disputes. And third, there is no lack of such disputes to provoke a quarrel. Margaret Thatcher chineseissuesdemocracy I too have a certain idea of America. Moreover, I would not feel entitled to say that of any other country, except my own. This is not just sentiment, though I always feel ten years younger – despite the jet-lag – when I set foot on American soil: there is something so positive, generous, and open about the people – and everything actually works. I also feel, though, that I have in a sense a share of America. Margaret Thatcher feetcountryamerica I would not wish to be Prime Minister, dear. Margaret Thatcher ironicprimewish Never in the history of human credit has so much been owed. Margaret Thatcher creditmoneyhumans A world without nuclear weapons may be a dream but you cannot base a sure defence on dreams. Without far greater trust and confidence between East and West than exists at present, a world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us. Margaret Thatcher nucleardreamworld Ladies and gentlemen, I stand before you tonight in my … chiffon evening gown, my face softly made up, my fair hair gently waved, the Iron Lady of the Western world. Me? A Cold War warrior? … Well, yes — if that is how they wish to interpret my defense of values of freedoms fundamental to our way of life. Margaret Thatcher ironhairwar I am not hard - I'm frightfully soft. But I will not be hounded Margaret Thatcher hard
