The people of the Falkland Islands, like the people of the United Kingdom, are an island race. They are few in number but they have the right to live in peace, to choose their own way of life and to determine their own allegiance. They way of life is British; their allegiance is to the Crown. It is the wish of the British people and the duty of Her Majesty's Government to do everything that we can to uphold that right. That will be our hope and our endeavour, and, I believe, the resolve, of every Member of this House.
Margaret Thatcher[On being asked how many Mrs. Thatchers there were:] Oh, three at least. There is the intellectual one, the intuitive one and the one at home.
Margaret ThatcherWe speak of peace, yes, but whose peace? Poland's? Bulgaria's? The peace of the grave?
Margaret ThatcherWe need to create a mood where it is everywhere thought morally right for as many people as possible to acquire capital.
Margaret ThatcherWhy in the world anyone in America is allowing another language (other than English) to be his first... I don't know
Margaret ThatcherRogue states never turn out to be quite the pariahs they are deemed. They are only able to cause, or at least threaten to cause, mayhem because they enjoy the covert support - usually by means of technology transfers - of one or more major powers within the charmed circle of global 'good guys'.
Margaret Thatcher