Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher was born in Grantham, England in 1925. Her fame comes from the fact that she is the first woman to become leader of the British Conservative Party and the first woman Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister 1979 to 1990. Thatcher served as Education Secretary in the government of Edward Heath from 1970 to 1974. In 1975 she became the leader of the Conservative Party. Under Thatcher, Conservatives won a landslide victory in the elections of 1979. She was re-elected in 1983 and again in 1987.

Margaret Thatcher Quotes

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

“Democratic nations must try to find ways to starve the terrorist and the hijacker of the oxygen of publicity on which they depend.”

“I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near.”

“Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and importance, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.”

“I just owe almost everything to my father and it's passionately interesting for me that the things that I learned in a small town, in a very modest home, are just the things that I believe have won the election.”

“I usually make up my mind about a man in ten seconds, and I very rarely change it.”

“I shan't be pulling the levers there but I shall be a very good back-seat driver.”
- Margaret Thatcher

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