The mission of this government is much more than the promotion of economic progress. It is to renew the spirit and solidarity of the nation.
Margaret ThatcherWhen all the objectives of government include the achievement of equality - other than equality before the law - that government poses a threat to liberty.
Margaret ThatcherSome Socialists seem to believe that people should be numbers in a State computer. We believe they should be individuals. We are all unequal. No one, thank heavens, is like anyone else, however much the Socialists may pretend otherwise. We believe that everyone has the right to be unequal but to us every human being is equally important.
Margaret ThatcherIt is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake.
Margaret ThatcherLadies and gentlemen, I stand before you tonight in my โฆ chiffon evening gown, my face softly made up, my fair hair gently waved, the Iron Lady of the Western world. Me? A Cold War warrior? โฆ Well, yes โ if that is how they wish to interpret my defense of values of freedoms fundamental to our way of life.
Margaret Thatcher