Political success is a good deal pleasanter than political failure, but it too brings its problems.
Margaret ThatcherWe weren't getting a fair deal on the budget and I wasn't going to have it. There's a great strand of equity and fairness in the British people - this is our characteristic. There's not a strand of equity and fairness in Europe - they're out to get as much as they can. That's one of those enormous differences. So I tackled it on that basis.
Margaret ThatcherStanding in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.
Margaret Thatcher