– Thatcher’s response during an interview in 1980 about whether her savage spending cuts would lead to greater inequality in Britain. I do not recognize the meaning of the word.” – "I don't mind how much my ministers talk, as long as they do what I say." A Fellow ENTJ. "Britain is no longer in the politics of the pendulum, but of the ratchet" - Speech to the Institute of Public Relations, 1977. The World is a public radio program that crosses borders and time zones to bring home the stories that matter. The lady's not for turning" - Speech at Conservative Party conference, 1980. – Thatcher during the Conservative party conference in October 1980. Start your Independent Premium subscription today.
Great Britain is great again" - Comment at end of Falklands conflict.
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You turn if you want to. - Interview, 1983. In foreign affairs we have pursued our national interest robustly while remaining alive to the needs and interests of others.
"Why, Marks and Spencer of course. (Thatcher announces the birth of her first grandchild, March 1989)-- "I shall fight on, I shall fight to win."
"The battle for women's rights has been largely won" - Interview, 1982. Rejoice." 'The lady's not for turning' -- Thatcher in quotes LONDON, United Kingdom - Margaret Thatcher, who died aged 87 following a stroke on Monday , was nothing if not quotable. (Thatcher quotes Saint Francis of Assisi and recently murdered Conservative member of parliament Airey Neave on her first day in Downing Street, May 1979)-- "We are simply asking to have our own money back" although it is famously often misquoted as: "I want my money back." - Margaret Thatcher quotes from BrainyQuote.com (Attributed)-- "Where there is discord, may we bring harmony.
"The Chancellor is unassailable" - Comment about Nigel Lawson only days before he resigned from the Government in 1989. Lady Margaret Thatcher is my favorite public figure of all time, ahead of Winston Churchill and Ronald Reagan. Please But the margin is insufficient and she later steps down. "To those waiting with bated breath for that favourite media catchphrase, the U-turn, I have only one thing to say: You turn if you want to. (Thatcher hails the April 1982 recapture of South Georgia in the Falkland Islands from Argentina. Doesn't everyone?" Please
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(Thatcher takes stock of the "Falklands factor", July 1982)-- "And now it must be business as usual." -- "We're leaving Downing Street for the last time after eleven-and-a-half wonderful years, and we're very happy that we leave the United Kingdom in a very, very much better state than when we came." He had money as well."
The lady's not for turning." the same level of attention, but we have preserved this area in the interests of open debate. "No one would have remembered the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions. try again, the name must be uniquePlease At Number 10 I have no junior Ministers.
The lady's not for turning" - Speech at Conservative Party conference, 1980.
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They have to be fought for" - Private meeting of Tory candidates before the 1979 general election. Vogue Recommends.
"We have become a grandmother."