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Both the President and Mr Gorbachev have said that they want to see a world without nuclear weapons. I cannot see a world without nuclear weapons. Let me be practical about it. The knowledge is there to make them. So do

Both the President and Mr Gorbachev have said that they want to see a world without nuclear weapons. I cannot see a world without nuclear weapons. Let me be practical about it. The knowledge is there to make them. So do not go too hard for that pie in the sky because, while everyone would like to see it, I do not believe it is going to come about.

Margaret Thatcher
Believe, Sky, Pie

Unless we change our ways and our direction, our greatness as a nation will soon be a footnote in the history books, a distant memory of an offshore island, lost in the mist of time like Camelot, remembered kindly for its noble past.

Margaret Thatcher
Change, Time, Memories
1979 General election campaign speech, Bolton, 2 May.

Major international interventions are doomed unless the US is directly or indirectly involved. But if American politicians, officials and servicemen are to be put at risk of arrest and prosecution, the United States will be most reluctant to act in order to curb aggression or prevent genocide. So the effect of the court may well be to diminish, not increase, the numbers of (in the words of the UN Secretary General) 'innocents of distant wars and conflicts'.

Margaret Thatcher
War, Order, Numbers

Consensus is the absence of leadership.

Margaret Thatcher
Absence, Consensus

The habit of ubiquitous interventionism, combining pinprick strikes by precision weapons with pious invocations of high principle, would lead us into endless difficulties. Interventions must be limited in number and overwhelming in their impact.

Margaret Thatcher
Impact, Numbers, Principles
Margaret Thatcher (2017). “Statecraft”, p.32, HarperCollins UK

The application of collective guilt, running from one generation to another, is a dangerous doctrine which would leave few modern nations unscathed.

Margaret Thatcher
Running, Guilt, Doctrine

Freedom under the law must never be taken for granted.

Margaret Thatcher
Taken, Law, Taken For Granted
Margaret Thatcher, Iain Dale (1997). “As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations”, Robson Book Ltd

We must remember our duty to Nature before it is too late. That duty is constant. It is never completed. It lives on as we breathe. It endures as we eat and sleep, work and rest, as we are born and as we pass away. The duty to Nature will remain long after our own endeavors have brought peace to the Middle East. It will weigh on our shoulders for as long as we wish to dwell on a living and thriving planet, and hand it on to our children and theirs.

Margaret Thatcher
Children, Sleep, Hands

New technology is the true friend of full employment; the indispensable ally of progress; and the surest guarantee of prosperity.

Margaret Thatcher
True Friend, Technology, Progress

But the whole history of America is quite different from Europe. People went there to get away from the intolerance and constraints of life in Europe. They sought liberty and opportunity; and their strong sense of purpose has over two centuries, helped create a new unity and pride in being American.

Margaret Thatcher
Strong, Pride, Opportunity
Margaret Thatcher (1988). “Britain and Europe: Text of the Prime Minister's Speech at Bruges on 20th September 1988”

I hate feminism. It is poison.

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

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.

Margaret Thatcher
Country, Strong, Taken
"The secret of outstanding leadership" by Lisa Bachelor, www.theguardian.com. January 15, 2010.

The messages on our banners in 1979 - freedom, opportunity, family, enterprise, ownership - are now inscribed on the banners in Leipzig, Warsaw, Budapest and even Moscow.

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

I've got my teeth into him, and I'm not going to let go.

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

What Britain needs is an iron lady.

Margaret Thatcher
Iron, Needs, Britain

You want to keep more of the money you earn? I'm afraid that's very selfish. We shall want to tax that away. You want to own shares in your firm? We can't have that. The state has to own your firm. You want to choose where to send your children to school? That's very divisive. You'll send your child where we tell you.

Margaret Thatcher
Children, Selfish, School
Margaret Thatcher's speech to Conservative Party conference at Winter Gardens in Blackpool, www.margaretthatcher.org. October 13, 1989.

I came to office with one deliberate intent: to change Britain from a dependent to a self-reliant society - from a give-it-to-me, to a do-it-yourself nation. A get-up-and-go, instead of a sit-back-and-wait-for-it Britain.

Margaret Thatcher
Self, Giving, Office
Margaret Thatcher's Speech to Small Business Bureau Conference, www.margaretthatcher.org. February 8, 1984.

I want to get totally rid of class distinction. As someone put it one of the papers this morning: Marks and Spencer have triumphed over Karl Marx and Engels.

Margaret Thatcher
Morning, Class, Paper

Socialism lays an bad egg by killing the capitalism that lays the golden eggs

Margaret Thatcher
Eggs, Golden, Socialism

If you have a sense of purpose and a sense of direction, I believe people will follow you. Democracy isn't just about deducing what the people want. Democracy is leading the people as well.

Margaret Thatcher
Leadership, Women, Believe

I like Mr Gorbachev, we can do business together.

Margaret Thatcher
Business, War, Together
The Times 18 Dec. 1984

Under a Labour government, there's virtually nowhere you can put your savings where they would be safe from the state. ... If you put money in a sock they'd probably nationalize socks.

Margaret Thatcher
Government, Would Be, Saving

When others spoke of the fear of war, you spoke of the need for warriors and peace through strength. When others bewailed the failure of big government to provide for the collective good, you spoke of self-reliance, of personal responsibility, of individual pride and integrity. When others preached compromise - when others demanded compromise, you, Ronald Reagan, preached conviction.

Margaret Thatcher
Integrity, War, Responsibility

A leader is someone who knows what they want to achieve and can communicate that.

Margaret Thatcher
Leader, Want, Achieve

Every Conservative desires peace. The threat to peace comes from Communism which has powerful forces ready to attack anywhere. Communism waits for weakness, it leaves strength alone. Britain must therefore be strong, strong in her arms, strong in her faith, strong in her own way of life.

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

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