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If my critics saw me walking over the Thames they would say it was because I couldn't swim.

If my critics saw me walking over the Thames they would say it was because I couldn't swim.

Margaret Thatcher
Interesting, Swim, Saws
"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

Marxists get up early to further their cause. We must get up even earlier to defend our freedom.

Margaret Thatcher
Up Early, Causes, Get Up
Margaret Thatcher, Iain Dale (1997). “As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations”, Robson Book Ltd

The feminists hate me, don't they? And I don't blame them. For I hate feminism. It is poison.

Margaret Thatcher
Hate, Feminist, Feminism
"Failure of the feminists" by Paul Johnson, www.spectator.co.uk. March 12, 2011.

Europe will never be like America. Europe is a product of history. America is a product of philosophy.

Margaret Thatcher
Philosophy, Europe, America

Many of our troubles are due to the fact that our people turn to politicians for everything.

Margaret Thatcher
People, Facts, Trouble
Margaret Thatcher, Iain Dale (1997). “As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations”, Robson Book Ltd

You do not achieve anything without trouble, ever.

Margaret Thatcher
Trouble, Achieve
"Thatcher Put the "Great" Back in Great Britain" by Jack Kelly, www.realclearpolitics.com. April 14, 2013.

People constantly requesting government intervention are casting their problems at society. And, you know, there's no such thing as society. There are individual men and women and there are families. And no government can do anything except through people, and people must look after themselves first. It is our duty to look after ourselves and then, also, to look after our neighbours.

Margaret Thatcher
Men, People, Looks

Everything a politician promises at election time has to be paid for either by higher taxation or by borrowing.

Margaret Thatcher
Promise, Taxation, Election Time
Margaret Thatcher, Iain Dale (1997). “As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations”, Robson Book Ltd

It used to be about trying to do something. Now it's about trying to be someone.

Margaret Thatcher
Trying, Used, Iron Lady

If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.

Margaret Thatcher
Leadership, Encouraging, Strong Women
"The feminist who didn't want to be called one" by Christine Todd Whitman, www.politico.com. December 9, 2013.

No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions; he had money as well.

Margaret Thatcher
Inspirational, Funny, Life
Television interview, 6 Jan. 1986, in The Times 12 Jan. 1986

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.

Margaret Thatcher
Winning, Training, Desire
Margaret Thatcher, Iain Dale (1997). “As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations”, Robson Book Ltd

A man may climb Everest for himself, but at the summit he plants his country's flag.

Margaret Thatcher
Country, Men, Flags
Margaret Thatcher (1997). “The collected speeches of Margaret Thatcher”, HarperCollins

It is your tax which pays for public spending. The government have no money of their own. There is only taxpayers' money.

Margaret Thatcher
Government, Pay, Spending
Margaret Thatcher (1997). “The collected speeches of Margaret Thatcher”, HarperCollins

Let us never forget this fundamental truth: The State has no source of money other than the money people themselves earn.

Margaret Thatcher
People, Fundamentals, Never Forget
Speech to Conservative Party Conference, www.margaretthatcher.org. October 14, 1983.

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.

Margaret Thatcher
Inspirational, Life, Strength

If you want to cut your own throat, don't come to me for a bandage.

Margaret Thatcher
Cutting, Want, Iron Lady
1986 Comment to Robert Mugabe, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, when he pressed for sanctions against South Africa. Quoted in Time, 7 Jul.

The legal system we have and the rule of law are far more responsible for our traditional liberties than any system of one man one vote. Any country or Government which wants to proceed towards tyranny starts to undermine legal rights and undermine the law.

Margaret Thatcher
Country, Men, Rights
Margaret Thatcher, Iain Dale (1997). “As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations”, Robson Book Ltd

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
Motivational, Success, Work

Pennies do not come from heaven. They have to be earned here on earth.

Margaret Thatcher
Morning, Business, Reality

It may be the cock that crows, but it is the hen that lays the eggs.

Margaret Thatcher
Eggs, Crow, May
Margaret Thatcher, Iain Dale (1997). “As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations”, Robson Book Ltd

The Labour Party believes in turning workers against owners; we believe in turning workers into owners.

Margaret Thatcher
Party, Believe, Owners

Socialists don't like ordinary people choosing, for they might not choose Socialism.

Margaret Thatcher
People, Ordinary, Might
Margaret Thatcher's speech to Conservative Party conference at Winter Gardens in Blackpool, www.margaretthatcher.org. October 13, 1989.

Good Conservatives always pay their bills. And on time. Not like the Socialists who run up other people's bills.

Margaret Thatcher
Running, People, Debt
"In her own words" by Julian Glover, www.theguardian.com. March 22, 2002.

Choice is the essence of ethics: if there were no choice there would be no ethics, no good, no evil; good and evil have meaning only insofar as man is free to choose.

Margaret Thatcher
Men, Essence, Evil
Margaret Thatcher (1997). “The collected speeches of Margaret Thatcher”, HarperCollins

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