Margaret Thatcher

“If you just set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.”

“If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.”

“It pays to know the enemy - not least because at some time you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend.”

“No woman in my time will be prime minister or chancellor or foreign secretary - not the top jobs. Anyway, I wouldn't want to be prime minister you have to give yourself 100 percent.”

“You and I come by road or rail, but economists travel on infrastructure.”

“Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.”

“I owe nothing to Women's Lib.”

“I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near.”

“Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan.”