If you go into what I call a bubble boom, every bubble bursts. Margaret Thatcher More Quotes by Margaret Thatcher More Quotes From Margaret Thatcher The Prime Minister is stealing our clothes but he is going to look pretty ridiculous walking around in mine. Margaret Thatcher ridiculous clothes looks Why do you climb philosophical hills? Because they are worth climbing . . . There are no hills to go down unless you start from the top. Margaret Thatcher hills philosophical climbing I will not stagger from expedient to expedient. Margaret Thatcher I am not one who, to quote an American author, believes that democracy and enterprise have finally won the battle of ideas - that we have therefore arrived at the end of history, and there is nothing left to fight for. That would be unutterably complacent, indeed foolish. There will always be threats to freedom, not only from frontal assaults, but more insidiously by erosion from within. Margaret Thatcher erosion fighting believe I have very strong views about Europe. We're quite the best country. We rescued them. We're not going to get entangled with them. We've got to keep our own independence. Is that clear? Margaret Thatcher strong views country Both the President and Mr Gorbachev have said that they want to see a world without nuclear weapons. I cannot see a world without nuclear weapons. Let me be practical about it. The knowledge is there to make them. So do not go too hard for that pie in the sky because, while everyone would like to see it, I do not believe it is going to come about. Margaret Thatcher pie sky believe Rooster, maybe well crows, but the eggs still bears the chicken. Margaret Thatcher crow roosters eggs I'm either the witch or Lady Macbeth of English politics, but someone gotta wear the pants in England when others wearing kilts Margaret Thatcher lady-macbeth kilts pants I've got my teeth into him, and I'm not going to let go. Margaret Thatcher teeth letting-go I personally have always voted for the death penalty because I believe that people who go out prepared to take the lives of other people forfeit their own right to live. I believe that that death penalty should be used only very rarely, but I believe that no-one should go out certain that no matter how cruel, how vicious, how hideous their murder, they themselves will not suffer the death penalty. Margaret Thatcher punishment believe people ...Conservatives have excellent credentials to speak about human rights. By our efforts, and with precious little help from self-styled liberals, we were largely responsible for securing liberty for a substantial share of the world's population and defending it for most of the rest. Margaret Thatcher effort self rights Peace is hard work and we must not allow people to forget it. Margaret Thatcher hard-work peace people It seems like cloud cuckoo land. If anyone is suggesting that I would go to Parliament and suggest the abolition of the Pound Sterling - no! We have made it quite clear that we will not have a single currency imposed upon us. Margaret Thatcher cuckoos land clouds ... when a big man has a big idea I never like to stand in his way. Margaret Thatcher men way ideas I went to Oxford University - but I've never let that hold me back. Margaret Thatcher oxford-university hold-me oxford We intend freedom and justice to conquer. Yes, we do have a creed and we wish others to share it. But it is not part of our policy to impose our beliefs by force or threat of force. Margaret Thatcher belief wish justice Failure? The possibilities do not exist. Margaret Thatcher possibility [When asked how it felt to be a female prime minister:] I don't know: I've never experienced the alternative. Margaret Thatcher prime alternatives female Never flinch. Make up your own mind and do it. Margaret Thatcher mind A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us. Margaret Thatcher nuclear-missiles military history
