I would not wish to be Prime Minister, dear.

Our aim is to make tax collecting a declining industry.

I'm either the witch or Lady Macbeth of English politics, but someone gotta wear the pants in England when others wearing kilts

No theory of government was ever given a fairer test or a more prolonged experiment in a democratic country than democratic socialism received in Britain. Yet it was a miserable failure in every respect... To cure the British disease with socialism was like trying to cure leukemia with leeches.

The Russians put guns before butter. We put just about everything before guns.

We do not have a freehold on the earth, only a full repairing lease

[When asked how it felt to be a female prime minister:] I don't know: I've never experienced the alternative.