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

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction – Margaret Thatcher

I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left – Margaret Thatcher

Ought we not to ask the media to agree among themselves a voluntary code of conduct, under which they would not say or show anything which could assist the terrorists’ morale or their cause while the hijack lasted – 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

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