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
If you lead a country like Britain, a strong country, a country which has taken a lead in world affairs in good times and in bad, a country that is always reliable, then you have to have a touch of iron about you.
Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't.
If you want to cut your own throat, don't come to me for a bandage.
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.
If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.
I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near.
I like Mr. Gorbachev, we can do business together.
Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan.
