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

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

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

There can be no liberty unless there is economic liberty – Margaret Thatcher

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