I hate extremes of any kind. Communism [seeks] the domination of the state over the individual... All my life I have stood against banning Communism or other extremist organisations because, if you do that, they go underground and it gives them an excitement that they don't get if they are allowed to pursue their policies openly. We'll beat them into the ground on argument...
Margaret ThatcherSocialists cry โPower to the peopleโ, and raise the clenched fist as they say it. We all know what they really mean - power over people, power to the State.
Margaret ThatcherWatch your thoughts for they become words. Watch your words for they become actions. Watch your actions for they become habits. Watch your habits for they become your character. And watch your character for it becomes your destiny. What we think, we become. My father always said that... and I think I am fine.
Margaret ThatcherEvery family should have the right to spend their money, after tax, as they wish, and not as the government dictates. Let us extend choice, extend the will to choose and the chance to choose.
Margaret ThatcherI too have a certain idea of America. Moreover, I would not feel entitled to say that of any other country, except my own. This is not just sentiment, though I always feel ten years younger โ despite the jet-lag โ when I set foot on American soil: there is something so positive, generous, and open about the people โ and everything actually works. I also feel, though, that I have in a sense a share of America.
Margaret Thatcher