♦ There are still people in my party who believe in consensus politics. I regard them as Quislings, as traitors… I mean it – Margaret Thatcher

♦  It pays to know the enemy – not least because at some time you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend – Margaret Thatcher

♦ Pennies do not come from heaven. They have to be earned here on earth – Margaret Thatcher

♦  Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides – Margaret Thatcher

♦  A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us – Margaret Thatcher

♦ There is no such thing as society: there are individual men and women, and there are families – Margaret Thatcher

♦  Democratic nations must try to find ways to starve the terrorist and the hijacker of the oxygen of publicity on which they depend – Margaret Thatcher

♦ 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

♦ You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it – Margaret Thatcher

♦ It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake – Margaret Thatcher