It used to be about trying to do something. Now it's about trying to be someone.

When I'm out of politics I'm going to run a business, it'll be called rent-a-spine

I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.

If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing." ~ Margaret Thatcher

Being democratic is not enough, a majority cannot turn what is wrong into right. In order to be considered truly free, countries must also have a deep love of liberty and an abiding respect for the rule of law.

Consensus: “The process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values, and policies in search of something in which no one believes, but to which no one objects; the process of avoiding the very issues that have to be solved, merely because you cannot get agreement on the way ahead. What great cause would have been fought and won under the banner: ‘I stand for consensus?

I'm back... and you knew I was coming. On my way here I passed a cinema with the sign 'The Mummy Returns'.

In politics, If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.

Don't follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you.

Thought Leadership “The Downing Street Years” Book by Margaret Thatcher“I have a habit of comparing the phraseology of communiques . . . noting a certain similarity of words, a certain similarity of optimism . . . and a certain similarity in the lack of practical results during the ensuring years.”Margaret Thatcher AuthorFormer British Prime Minister#smitanairjain #leadership #womenintech #thoughtleaders #tedxspeaker #technology #tech #success #strategy #startuplife #startupbusiness #startup #mentor #leaders #itmanagement #itleaders #innovation #informationtechnology #influencers #Influencer #hightech #fintechinfluencer #fintech #entrepreneurship #entrepreneurs #economy #economics #development #businessintelligence #business

Do you know that one of the great problems of our age is that we are governed by people who care more about feelings than they do about thoughts and ideas.

Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.

The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.

When people are free to choose, they choose freedom

Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.

I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.

Some 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.

Christmas is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm circle of family and friends.

And I will go on criticising Socialism, and opposing Socialism because it is bad for Britain (...) It’s the Labour Government that have brought us record peace-time taxation. They’ve got the usual Socialist disease – they’ve run out of other people’s money.

The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money.

Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't.

I'm not hard I'm frightfully soft. But I will not be hounded.

Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous you get knocked down by traffic from both sides.

I will not change just to court popularity.

If you just set out to be liked you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time and you would achieve nothing.

People think that at the top there isn't much room. They tend to think of it as an Everest. My message is that there is tons of room at the top.

Pennies do not come from heaven- they have to be earned here on earth.

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.

Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing it's when you've had everything to do and you've done it.

I am extraordinarily patient provided I get my own way in the end.

Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.

The lady's not for turning.

Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.

Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are you aren't.

To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan you should wear it inside where it functions best.

It may be the cock that crows but it is the hen that lays the eggs.

Success is having a flair for the thing that you are doing knowing that is not enough that you have got to have hard work and a sense of purpose.

One only gets to the top rung of the ladder by steadily climbing up one at a time and suddenly all sorts of powers all sorts of abilities which you thought never belonged to you- suddenly become within your own possibility and you think "Well I'll have a go too."

If it's me against 48 I feel sorry for the 48.

I've got a woman's ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves it.

The battle for women's rights has been largely won.