Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013), full name Margaret Hilda Thatcher, of simply Baroness Thatcher, was a Tory politician who became first female prime minister of United Kingdom (1979-1990).

Wisdom & Quotes

• In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man; if you want anything done, ask a woman.

- quoted in Anthony Sampson, The Changing Anatomy of Britain

• U-turn if you want to. The lady's not for turning.

- speech in Conservative Conference, 1980

• I don't mind how much my ministers talk - as long as they do what I say.
• 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.
• Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.
• When you stop a dictator, there are always risks. But there are greater risks in not stopping a dictator.

- on the Falkland Islands War with Argentina (1982)

Carl Rowan