Society and the World

I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.

What does education often do? It makes a straight-cut ditch of a free, meandering brook.

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.

A man you don’t like who drinks as much as you do.

To begin at the beginning: It is spring, moonless night in the small town, starless and bible-black.

The land of my fathers. My fathers can have it.

The hand that signed the paper felled a city;

The hand that signed the paper felled a city;

Therefore it is necessary to arrive at a prime mover, put in motion by no other; and this everyone understands to be God.

No! No! No!

I am naturally very sorry to see you go, but understand … your wish to be able to spend more time with your family.

We must try to find ways to starve the terrorist and the hijacker of the oxygen of publicity on which they depend.

Now it must be business as usual.

I was asked whether I was trying to restore Victorian values. I said straight out I was. And I am.

It is exciting to have a real crisis on your hands, when you have spent half your political life dealing with humdrum issues like the environment.

To those waiting with bated breath for that favourite media catchphrase, the U-turn, I have only this to say. ‘You turn if you want; the lady’s not for turning.’

Just rejoice at that news and congratulate our armed forces and the Marines. Rejoice!

I stand before you tonight in my red chiffon evening gown, my face softly made up, my fair hair gently waved … the Iron Lady of the Western World! Me? A cold war warrior? Well, yes—if that is how they wish to interpret my defence of values and freedoms fundamental to our way of life.

No one would remember the Good

No woman in my time will be Prime Minister or Chancellor or Foreign Secretary—not the top jobs. Anyway I wouldn’t want to be Prime Minister. You have to give yourself 100%.

No woman in my time will be Prime Minister or Chancellor or Foreign Secretary—not the top jobs. Anyway I wouldn’t want to be Prime Minister. You have to give yourself 100%.

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

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