“There is no alternative“is probably Margaret Thatcher’s most famous saying.
The Iron Lady, who passed away on April 8, 2013, was nevertheless famous for many other expressions. Here is a collection of translated quotes from Margaret Thatcher.
By the way, since the mistake is common, please note that we write Margaret without an h at the end.
1. I don’t think there will be a woman Prime Minister in my lifetime. –BBC interview, 1973 – Quote of Margaret Thatcher
I don’t think there will be a woman Prime Minister in my lifetime. – Quote of Margaret Thatcher
2. Where there is discord, may we bring harmony. Where there is error, may we bring truth. Where there is doubt, may we bring faith. And where there is despair, may we bring hope. – Quote of Margaret Thatcher
Where there is discord, may we bring union. Where there is error, may we bring truth. Where there is doubt, let us put faith. Where there is despair, let us put hope. Quote from Margareth Thatcher – After her first election as Prime Minister, quoting St. Francis of Assisi
3. 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. – Quote of Margaret Thatcher
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. – Quote of Margaret Thatcher
4. I like Mr. Gorbachev. We can do business together. – Quote of Margaret Thatcher
I like Mr. Gorbachev. We can do business together. – Quote of Margaret Thatcher
5. Pennies don’t fall from heaven – they have to be earned here on earth. – Quote of Margaret Thatcher
Money doesn’t fall from heaven – it has to be earned here on earth. – Quote of Margaret Thatcher
6. If you want something said, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman. – Quote of Margaret Thatcher
If you want something said, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman. – Quote of Margaret Thatcher
7. To me, consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies. So it is something in which no one believes and to which no one objects. – Quote of Margaret Thatcher
To me, consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values, and policies. So it’s something that nobody believes in and nobody opposes. – Quote from Margaret Thatcher
8. Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren’t. – Quote of Margaret Thatcher
Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren’t. – Quote of Margaret Thatcher
9. If you want to cut your own throat, don’t come to me for a bandage. – Quote of Margaret Thatcher
If you want to cut your own throat, don’t come to me for a bandage. – Quote of Margaret Thatcher
10. There can be no liberty unless there is economic liberty. – Quote of Margaret Thatcher
There can be no liberty unless there is economic liberty. – Quote of Margaret Thatcher
11. I usually make up my mind about a man in ten seconds, and I very rarely change it. – Quote of Margaret Thatcher
I usually make up my mind about a man in ten seconds, and I very rarely change it. – Quote of Margaret Thatcher
12. I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end. – Quote of Margaret Thatcher
I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end. – Quote of Margaret Thatcher
13. A man may climb Everest for himself, but at the summit he plants his country’s flag. – Quote of Margaret Thatcher
A man may climb Everest for himself, but at the summit he plants his country’s flag. – Quote of Margaret Thatcher
14. For every idealistic peacemaker willing to renounce his self-defence in favour of a weapons-free world, there is at least one warmaker anxious to exploit the other’s good intentions. – Quote of Margaret Thatcher
For every idealistic peacemaker willing to renounce his self-defence in favour of a weapons-free world, there is at least one warmaker anxious to exploit the other’s good intentions. – Quote from Margaret Thatcher
15. Constitutions have to be written on hearts, not just paper. – Quote of Margaret Thatcher
Constitutions have to be written on hearts, not just paper. – Quote of Margaret Thatcher
16. No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he’d only had good intentions; he had money as well. – Quote of Margaret Thatcher
No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he’d only had good intentions; he had money as well. – Quote of Margaret Thatcher
17. Economics are the method; the object is to change the heart and soul. – Quote of Margaret Thatcher
Economics are the method; the object is to change the heart and soul. – Quote of Margaret Thatcher
18. Defeat? I do not recognize the meaning of the word. – Quote of Margaret Thatcher
Defeat? I do not recognize the meaning of the word. – Quote of Margaret Thatcher
19. 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. – Quote of Margaret Thatcher
Socialists shout “power to the people” and raise their clenched fist as they say it. We all know what they really mean – power over the people, power to the State. – Quote from Margaret Thatcher
20. It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake. – Quote of Margaret Thatcher
It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake. – Quote of Margaret Thatcher
You forgot one of the best: A man has the right to work as he wants, to spend what he earns, to own his property, to have the State as his servant and not as his master!
she was not a feminist. Feminists value gender equality, without clichés, without stereotypes. Margaret Tatcher does not strike me as a feminist, but rather sexist towards men.
Margaret Thatcher is Bouvard and Pecuchet in one person.
If you want something said, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman: What a great feminist that Thatcher is!