Quote

Whether at home or abroad, the task of statesman is to work with human nature warts and all, and to draw on instincts and even prejudices that can be turned to good purpose. It is never to try to recreate Mankind in a new image.

Margaret Thatcher

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Margaret Thatcher
Age: 87 †
Born: 1925
Born: October 13
Died: 2013
Died: April 8
Autobiographer
Barrister
Business Executive
Chemist
Former Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom
Politician
Scientist
Statesperson
Baroness Thatcher
Margaret Hilda Thatcher
Margaret Roberts
Maggie Thatcher
Baroness Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Hilda Roberts
Lady Thatcher
Mrs. Thatcher
Mrs. T
Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven
Home
Instinct
Statesmen
Human
Draws
Prejudices
Humans
Image
Abroad
Even
Turned
Instincts
Trying
Mankind
Task
Work
Purpose
Prejudice
Warts
Good
Whether
Draw
Recreate
Never
Nature
Tasks
Statesman

More quotes by Margaret Thatcher

Image
I do believe that political arrangements which are based upon violence, intimidation and theft will eventually break down - and will deserve to do so.
Margaret Thatcher
Image
Bribing regimes to comply with requirements which they should have acknowledged in the first place is not a process that appeals to me.
Margaret Thatcher
Image
I am not hard - I'm frightfully soft. But I will not be hounded
Margaret Thatcher
Image
The government has no money of its own. It's all your money.
Margaret Thatcher
Image
Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.
Margaret Thatcher
Image
The choice facing the nation is between two totally different ways of life. And what a prize we have to fight for: no less than the chance to banish from our land the dark, divisive clouds of Marxist socialism and bring together men and women from all walks of life who share a belief in freedom.
Margaret Thatcher
Image
We want a society in which we are free to make choices, to make mistakes, to be generous and compassionate. That is what we mean by a moral society - not a society in which the State is responsible for everything, and no one is responsible for the State.
Margaret Thatcher
Image
As a motive for terror, religion has more often than not required a good deal of lubrication by lucre.
Margaret Thatcher
Image
I do not understand the unilateralists. If they hated nuclear weapons as much as I do they would want them down in the world as a whole. I am the true disarmer, I keep peace and freedom and justice with it.
Margaret Thatcher
Image
Failure? The possibilities do not exist.
Margaret Thatcher
Image
We have made too much of one or two people, and we think that they can win or lose elections for us. Don't be depressed if one particular person transgresses. It doesn't lose an election unless the Party loses faith in itself.
Margaret Thatcher
Image
[When asked how it felt to be a female prime minister:] I don't know: I've never experienced the alternative.
Margaret Thatcher
Image
You can't lead from the crowd.
Margaret Thatcher
Image
I believe our way of life is infinitely superior for every human being than any which the Communist creed can offer.
Margaret Thatcher
Image
When will Labour learn that you cannot build Jerusalem in Brussels.
Margaret Thatcher
Image
I'm also very much aware that it is you who brought democracy to Chile, you set up a constitution suitable for democracy, you put it into effect, elections were held, and then, in accordance with the result, you stepped down.
Margaret Thatcher
Image
A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us.
Margaret Thatcher
Image
I think, historically, the term 'Thatcherism' will be seen as a compliment.
Margaret Thatcher
Image
If you are guided by opinion polls, you are not practicing leadership -- you are practicing followership.
Margaret Thatcher
Image
Being powerful is a lot like being a woman: If you have to tell someone that you are, invariably, you are not.
Margaret Thatcher