Being powerful is a lot like being a woman: If you have to tell someone that you are, invariably, you are not.
Margaret ThatcherWhy do you climb philosophical hills? Because they are worth climbing . . . There are no hills to go down unless you start from the top.
Margaret ThatcherThey [Federalist European Politicians] divide their time between court room, prison and debating chamber - giving a whole new meaning to the term 'conviction politician'.
Margaret ThatcherMajor international interventions are doomed unless the US is directly or indirectly involved. But if American politicians, officials and servicemen are to be put at risk of arrest and prosecution, the United States will be most reluctant to act in order to curb aggression or prevent genocide. So the effect of the court may well be to diminish, not increase, the numbers of (in the words of the UN Secretary General) 'innocents of distant wars and conflicts'.
Margaret Thatcher