Authors:
  1. Quotes
  2. Authors
  3. M
  4. Margaret Thatcher
  5. Country

Margaret Thatcher Quotes about Country

All Margaret Thatcher Quotes Achievement Age Ambition Belief Business Capitalism Change Children Choices Cold War Communism Community Compromise Constitution Country quotes Criticism Currency Democracy Desire Destiny Determination Dictator Dignity Doubt Duty Earth Economics Effort Encouraging Ethics Evil Exercise Failing Family Feelings Feminism Fighting Foreign Policy Funny Giving Gulf War Hard Work Hate Heart Heaven History Home House Independence Inspiration Inspirational Judging Justice Leadership Liberty Life Lifetime Love Lying Money Motivational Opportunity Past Perseverance Personality Politics Positive Power Pride Progress Purpose Reality Responsibility Revolution Risk Running School Socialism Society Success Taxes Technology Terrorism Time Today Tyranny Virtue Vision Waiting Wall War Weakness Wealth Winning Work Worry
There are too many people who imagine that there is something sophisticated about always believing the best of those who hate your country, and the worst of those who defend it.

There are too many people who imagine that there is something sophisticated about always believing the best of those who hate your country, and the worst of those who defend it.

Margaret Thatcher
Country, Hate, Believe

Citizenship should be based on those who have a close and real relationship with this country and its inhabitants.

Margaret Thatcher
Country, Real, Citizenship

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

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

That nations that have gone for equality, like Communism, have neither freedom nor justice nor equality, they've the greatest inequalities of all, the privileges of the politicians are far greater compared with the ordinary folk than in any other country. The nations that have gone for freedom, justice and independence of people have still freedom and justice, and they have far more equality between their people, far more respect for each individual than the other nations. Go my way. You will get freedom and justice and much less difference between people than you do in the Soviet Union.

Margaret Thatcher
Country, Differences, Justice

America, my friends, is the only country in the world actually founded on liberty - the only one. People went to America to be free.

Margaret Thatcher
Country, America, People

In a system of free trade and free markets poor countries - and poor people - are not poor because others are rich. Indeed, if others became less rich the poor would in all probability become still poorer.

Margaret Thatcher
Country, People, Rich

No theory of government was ever given a fairer test or a more prolonged experiment in a democratic country than democratic socialism received in Britain. Yet it was a miserable failure in every respect... To cure the British disease with socialism was like trying to cure leukemia with leeches.

Margaret Thatcher
Country, Democratic Socialism, Government
"The Downing Street Years". Book by Margaret Thatcher, October 18, 1993.

Being democratic is not enough, a majority cannot turn what is wrong into right. In order to be considered truly free, countries must also have a deep love of liberty and an abiding respect for the rule of law.

Margaret Thatcher
Country, Deep Love, Order

In the background lurks the scourge of international terrorism. There are people exercising power in a few countries and leading political factions in others who seem to be moved by narrow, brutal and irrational impulses. Their view of their own self-interest is so blinkered as to leave no space for purely human values, for peaceful negotiation or for economic advancement. They are bent on the destruction of the established order and of civilised ways of doing business. They must never be allowed to succeed.

Margaret Thatcher
Country, Exercise, Self

Women have plenty of roles in which they can serve with distinction: some of us even run countries. But generally we are better at wielding the handbag than the bayonet.

Margaret Thatcher
Country, Running, Roles
"Marilyn Monroe and Margaret Thatcher: the iron ladies" by Sarah Churchwell, www.theguardian.com. December 9, 2011.

Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.

Margaret Thatcher
Running, Country, Strong Women
1979 Interviewed by the Observer four days after becoming Britain's first woman Prime Minister, 8 May.

There is no week, nor day, nor hour, when tyranny may not enter upon this country, if the people lose their supreme confidence in themselves, and lose their roughness and spirit of defiance. Tyranny may always enter—there is no charm or bar against it.

Margaret Thatcher
Country, People, Bars

People are really rather afraid that this country might be rather swamped by people with a different culture.

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

I believe in the acceptance of personal responsibility, freedom of choice, and the British Empire, which took freedom and the rule of law to countries which would never have known it otherwise.

Margaret Thatcher
Country, Believe, Responsibility

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.

When we hear (as we sometimes do) that (Russia's) economic output is about half the level of a decade ago or that real incomes have fallen sharply, it is worth recalling that economic statistics under the Soviet Union were hardly more reliable than any other official statements. Moreover, a country that produces what no one wants to buy, and whose workers receive wages that they cannot use to buy goods they want, is hardly in the best of economic health.

Margaret Thatcher
Country, Real, Russia

If I were a German today, I would be proud, proud but also worried. I would be proud of the magnificent achievement of rebuilding my country, entrenching democracy and assuming the undoubtedly preponderant position in Europe. But a united Germany can't and won't subordinate its national interests in economic or in foreign policy to those of the Community indefinitely. Germany's new pre-eminence is a fact - and its power is a problem - as much for Germans as for the rest of Europe.

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

Let me give you my vision: A man's right to work as he will, to spend what he earns, to own property, to have the state as servant and not as master. These are the British inheritance. They are the essence of a free country, and on that freedom all of our other freedoms depend.

Margaret Thatcher
Country, Men, Essence
Margaret Thatcher (1977). “Let our children grow tall: selected speeches, 1975-1977”

It had the effect of cementing the Anglo-American alliance. What's the good of having bases if when you want to use them you're not allowed to by the home country. It made America realise that Britain was her real and true friend, when they were hard up against it and wanted something, and that no one else in Europe was. They're a weak lot, some of them in Europe you know. Weak. Feeble.

Margaret Thatcher
Country, True Friend, Real

The spirit of the South Atlantic was the spirit of Britain at her best. It has been said that we surprised the world, that British patriotism was rediscovered in those spring days. It was never really lost. But it would be no bad thing if the feeling that swept the country then were to continue to inspire us. For if there was any doubt about the determination of the British people it was removed by the men and women who, a few months ago, brought a renewed sense of pride and self-respect to our country.

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

The virtues prized in free countries are honesty, self-discipline, a sense of responsibility to one's family, a sense of loyalty to one's employer and staff, and a pride in the quality of one's work. And these virtues only flourish in a climate of freedom.

Margaret Thatcher
Loyalty, Country, Honesty

I have very strong views about Europe. We're quite the best country. We rescued them. We're not going to get entangled with them. We've got to keep our own independence. Is that clear?

Margaret Thatcher
Country, Strong, Views

I think perhaps we manage our revolutions much more quietly in this country.

Margaret Thatcher
Country, Thinking, Revolution

In the Conservative Party we have no truck with outmoded Marxist doctrine about class warfare. For us it is not who you are, who your family is or where you come from that matters, but what you are and what you can do for your country that counts.

Margaret Thatcher
Country, Party, Class
Margaret Thatcher (1989). “The revival of Britain: speeches on home and European affairs, 1975-1988”

You May Also Like: