You do not achieve anything without trouble, ever. Margaret Thatcher More Quotes by Margaret Thatcher More Quotes From Margaret Thatcher In the background lurks the scourge of international terrorism. There are people exercising power in a few countries and leading political factions in others who seem to be moved by narrow, brutal and irrational impulses. Their view of their own self-interest is so blinkered as to leave no space for purely human values, for peaceful negotiation or for economic advancement. They are bent on the destruction of the established order and of civilised ways of doing business. They must never be allowed to succeed. Margaret Thatcher selfexercisecountry There is no such thing as society: there are individual men and women, and there are families. Margaret Thatcher coal-minerswomenrights The woman's mission is not to enhance the masculine spirit, but to express the feminine; hers is not to preserve a man-made world, but to create a human world by the infusion of the feminine element into all of its activities. Margaret Thatcher masculine-and-femininemenworld The desire to win is born in most of us. The will to win is a matter of training. The manner of winning is a matter of honour. Margaret Thatcher trainingwinningdesire In a system of free trade and free markets poor countries - and poor people - are not poor because others are rich. Indeed, if others became less rich the poor would in all probability become still poorer. Margaret Thatcher richcountrypeople 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 worksuccessmotivational My job is to stop Britain from going red. Margaret Thatcher britainredjobs I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left. Margaret Thatcher cheermeanthinking My policies are based not on some economics theory, but on things I and millions like me were brought up with: an honest day's work for an honest day's pay; live within your means; put by a nest egg for a rainy day; pay your bills on time; support the police. Margaret Thatcher rainy-dayeggsmean That nations that have gone for equality, like Communism, have neither freedom nor justice nor equality, they've the greatest inequalities of all, the privileges of the politicians are far greater compared with the ordinary folk than in any other country. The nations that have gone for freedom, justice and independence of people have still freedom and justice, and they have far more equality between their people, far more respect for each individual than the other nations. Go my way. You will get freedom and justice and much less difference between people than you do in the Soviet Union. Margaret Thatcher differencesjusticecountry When I'm out of politics I'm going to run a business, it'll be called rent-a-spine Margaret Thatcher spinerunning Freedom is not synonymous with an easy life. ... There are many difficult things about freedom: It does not give you safety, it creates moral dilemmas for you; it requires self-discipline; it imposes great responsibilities; but such is the nature of Man and in such consists his glory and salvation. Margaret Thatcher responsibilitymenwar It may be the cock that crows, but it is the hen that lays the eggs. Margaret Thatcher croweggsmay Do you know that one of the great problems of our age is that we are governed by people who care more about feelings than they do about thoughts and ideas. Margaret Thatcher leadershipinspiringmotivational The desire to achieve grand utopian plans often poses a grave threat to freedom. Margaret Thatcher economicsachievedesire The feminists hate me, don't they? And I don't blame them. For I hate feminism. It is poison. Margaret Thatcher feminismfeministhate The government has no money of its own. It's all your money. Margaret Thatcher no-moneygovernment What? What am I 'bound to be feeling?' People don’t think anymore. They feel. 'How are you feeling? No, I don’t feel comfortable. I’m sorry, we as a group we’re feeling….' One of the great problems of our age is that we are governed by people who care more about feelings than they do about thoughts and ideas. Thoughts and ideas. That interests me. Ask me what I’m thinking. Margaret Thatcher sorryideasthinking Nevertheless, the Tenth Commandment-'Thou shalt not covet'-recognizes that making money and owning things could become selfish activities. But it is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but love of money for its own sake. The spiritual dimension comes in deciding what one does with the wealth. How could we respond to the many calls for help, or invest for the future, or support the wonderful artists or craftsmen whose work also glorifies God, unless we had first worked hard and used our talents to create the necessary wealth? Margaret Thatcher selfishmoneyspiritual My belief in free competitive economic enterprise does not rest solely or even mainly on arguments of economic efficiency, though, heaven knows, these are cogent enough. It rests essentially on the view that the free market is the only safe way of ensuring that productive effort is directed towards supplying what individuals actually want, and in a way which secures the dignity and independence of the worker. Margaret Thatcher effortviewsheaven
