If you just set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing – Margaret Thatcher

Power is like being a lady. if you have to tell people you are, you aren’t – Margaret Thatcher

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

Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren’t – 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

Nothing is more obstinate than a fashionable consensus – Margaret Thatcher