You and I come by road or rail, but economists travel on infrastructure – Margaret Thatcher

People think that at the top there isn’t much room. They tend to think of it as an Everest. My message is that there is tons of room at the top – Margaret Thatcher

If you want to cut your own throat, don’t come to me for a bandage – Margaret Thatcher

You don’t tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive – Margaret Thatcher

To me, consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies. So it is something in which no one believes and to which no one objects – Margaret Thatcher

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