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

Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy – Margaret Thatcher

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

I usually make up my mind about a man in ten seconds, and I very rarely change it – Margaret Thatcher

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