“Don't follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you.”
— Margaret Thatcher
“You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.”
“Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.”
“The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.”
“I wasn't lucky, I deserved it.”
“Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's a day you've had everything to do and you've done it.”
“If you set out to be liked, you will accomplish nothing.”
“I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.”
“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.”
“Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan.”
“Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.”
“If you just set out to be liked, you will be prepared to compromise on anything at anytime, and would achieve nothing. ”
“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.”
“In politics, If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.”
“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.”
“We will stand on principle or we will not stand at all.”
“It used to be about trying to do something. Now it's about trying to be someone.”
“When I'm out of politics I'm going to run a business, it will be called rent-a-spine.”
“A leader is someone who knows what they want to achieve and can communicate that.”
“Don’t Cry For Me, Argentina.”
“I fight on. I fight to win.”
“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.”
“Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.”
“If you want to cut your own throat, don’t come to me for a bandage.”
“No great goal was ever easily achieved.”
“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.”
“I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work.”
“The larger the slice taken by government, the smaller the cake available for everyone.”
“Socialists cry “Power to the people”, and raise the clenched fist as they say it. We all know what they really mean – power over people, power to the State.”
“Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.”
“Economics are the method; the object is to change the soul.”
“Defeat? I do not recognize the meaning of the word.”
“There is no such thing as society.”
“I want my money back!”
“I started out in life with two great advantages: No money and good parents.”
“The feminists hate me, don’t they? And I don’t blame them. For I hate feminism. It is poison.”
“The government has no money of its own. It’s all your money.”
“Ronald Reagan won the Cold War without firing a shot.”
“A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us.”
“When all the objectives of government include the achievement of equality – other than equality before the law – that government poses a threat to liberty.”
“That is what capitalism is: a system that brings wealth to the many, not just the few.”
“The price of freedom is still, and always will be, eternal vigilance.”
“Hope is no basis for a defense policy.”
“To wear your heart on your sleeve isn’t a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.”
“Europe will never be like America. Europe is a product of history. America is a product of philosophy.”
“I love argument, I love debate. I don’t expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me, that’s not their job.”
“History has taught us that freedom cannot long survive unless it is based on moral foundations. You can get the economics right, but in addition liberty must be cultivated as a moral quality.”
“It may be the cock that crows, but it is the hen that lays the eggs.”
“In my view dictators do not surrender. They have to be well and truly defeated.”
“You don’t win by just being against things, you only win by being for things and making your message perfectly clear.”
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