Thatcher In Her Own Words
Updated: 3:57pm UK, Monday 08 April 2013
Margaret Thatcher was renowned for her no-nonsense turn of phrase. Here are some of her memorable quotes.
:: "I wasn't lucky. I deserved it" - on receiving a school prize, aged nine
:: "There is no alternative" - about economic policing giving rise to her nickname "Tina"
:: "I am not hard, I'm frightfully soft. But I will not be hounded" - an interview in 1972
:: "It will be years - and not in my time - before a woman will lead the party or become Prime Minister" - speech in 1974
:: "Let our children grow tall, and some taller than others if they have it in them to do so" - speech in the US in 1975
:: "I've got a woman's ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves it" - in 1975
:: "I stand before you tonight in my green 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 defence of values and freedoms fundamental to our way of life" - after the Kremlin dubbed her the Iron Lady in 1976
:: "Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country" - election campaign in 1979
:: "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" - on becoming PM in 1979
:: "If a woman like Eva Peron with no ideals can get that far, think how far I can go with all the ideals that I have" - an interview in 1980
:: "To those waiting with bated breath for that favourite media catchphrase, the U-turn, I have only one thing to say, you turn if you want to. The lady's not for turning" - Tory Party conference in 1980
:: "A crime is a crime is a crime" - news conference in Saudi Arabia, rejecting any view that there could be political reasons for IRA terrorism in 1981
:: "We knew what we had to do and we went about it and did it. Great Britain is great again" - after the Falklands conflict in 1982
:: "In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man; if you want anything done, ask a woman" - speech in 1982
:: "The battle for women's rights has been largely won" - an interview in 1982
:: "I owe nothing to women's lib" - an interview in 1982
:: "Victorian values were the values when our country became great" - a TV interview in 1982
:: "I am painted as the greatest little dictator, which is ridiculous - you always take some consultations" - an interview in 1983
:: "This is a man I can do business with" - after her first meeting with Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev
:: "This is a day I was not meant to see" - after the Brighton bomb that nearly killed her in 1984
:: "I think, historically, the term 'Thatcherism' will be seen as a compliment" - speech in 1985
:: "Why, Marks and Spencer of course. Doesn't everyone?" - when asked where she bought her underwear in 1986
:: "There is no such thing as Society. There are individual men and women, and there are families" - an interview in 1987
:: "We are a grandmother" - on the birth of her grandson, Michael, in 1989
:: "I fight on. I fight to win" - after she was forced into a second ballot in the leadership battle in November 1990
:: "It's a funny old world" - After her decision to quit in November 1990, pointing out that she had never lost an election in her life yet had been forced to stand down
:: "The Mummy returns" - During the general election campaign in 2001 after passing a poster publicising the film of that name
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