My policies are based not on some economics theory, but on things I and millions like me were brought up with: an honest day's work for an honest day's pay; live within your means; put by a nest egg for a rainy day; pay your bills on time; support the police.
Margaret ThatcherPeople from my sort of background needed Grammar schools to compete with children from privileged homes like Shirley Williams and Anthony Wedgwood Benn.
Margaret ThatcherWe are not prepared to consider special category status for certain groups of people serving sentences for crime. Crime is crime is crime, it is not political
Margaret Thatcher