Pennies do not come from heaven. They have to be earned here on earth – Margaret Thatcher

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

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

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

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