While the Soviet Union has imposed its rule on its neighbours and drawn an iron curtain between east and west, we in Great Britain have given freedom and independence to more than forty-eight countries whose populations now number more than a thousand million - a quarter of the world's total.
Margaret ThatcherI am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end good will triumph.
Margaret ThatcherA man may climb Everest for himself, but at the summit he plants his country's flag.
Margaret ThatcherThe Government wants a peaceful settlement. But we totally reject a peaceful sell-out.
Margaret ThatcherIt has been suggested by some people in this country that I and my government will be a "soft touch" in the [European] Community. In case such a rumour may have reached your ears, Mr Chancellor... it is only fair that I should advise you frankly to dismiss it (as my own colleagues did, long ago). We shall judge what British interests are and we shall be resolute in defending them.
Margaret Thatcher