If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman – 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

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

There is no such thing as society: there are individual men and women, and there are families – Margaret Thatcher

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it – Margaret Thatcher

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