20 quotes from Margaret Thatcher (English – French)

“There is no alternative“is probably Margaret Thatcher’s most famous saying.

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The Iron Lady, who passed away on April 8, 2013, was nevertheless famous for many other expressions. Here is a collection of translated quotes from Margaret Thatcher.

By the way, since the mistake is common, please note that we write Margaret without an h at the end.

1. I do not think there will be a woman Prime Minister in my lifetime. –BBC interview, 1973 – Quote of Margaret Thatcher

I do not think there will be a woman Prime Minister in my lifetime. —Quote of Margaret Thatcher

2. Where there is discord, may we bring harmony. Where there is an error, may we bring true. Where there is doubt, may we bring faith. And where there is despair, may we bring hope. —Quote of Margaret Thatcher

Where there is discord, may we bring union. Where there is an error, may we bring true. Where there is doubt, let us put faith. Where there is despair, let us put hope. Quote sources: Margareth Thatcher – After her first election as Prime Minister, quoting St. Francis of Assisi

3. I personally have always voted for the death penalty because I believe that people who go out prepared to take the lives of other people forfeit their own right to live. —Quote of Margaret Thatcher

I personally have always voted for the death penalty because I believe that people who go out prepared to take the lives of other people forfeit their own right to live. —Quote of Margaret Thatcher

4. I like Mr. Gorbachev. We can do business together. —Quote of Margaret Thatcher

I like Mr. Gorbachev. We can do business together. —Quote of Margaret Thatcher

5. pennies do not fall from heaven – they have to be earned here on earth. —Quote of Margaret Thatcher

Money does not fall from heaven – it has to be earned here on earth. —Quote of Margaret Thatcher

6. If you want something you said, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman. —Quote of Margaret Thatcher

If you want something said, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman. —Quote of Margaret Thatcher

7. To me, consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies. So it is something in which no one believes and to which no one objects. —Quote of Margaret Thatcher

To me, consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values, and policies. So it is something that nobody believes in and nobody opposes. —Quote sources: Margaret Thatcher

8. Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you are not. —Quote of Margaret Thatcher

Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you are not. —Quote of Margaret Thatcher

9. If you want to cut your own throat, do not come to me for a bandage. —Quote of Margaret Thatcher

If you want to cut your own throat, do not come to me for a bandage. —Quote of Margaret Thatcher

10. There can be no liberty unless there is economic liberty. —Quote of Margaret Thatcher

There can be no liberty unless there is economic liberty. —Quote of Margaret Thatcher

11. I usually make up my mind about a man in ten seconds, and I very rarely change it. —Quote of Margaret Thatcher

I usually make up my mind about a man in ten seconds, and I very rarely change it. —Quote of Margaret Thatcher

12. I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end. —Quote of Margaret Thatcher

I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end. —Quote of Margaret Thatcher

13. A man may climb Everest for himself, but at the summit he plants his country’s flag. —Quote of Margaret Thatcher

A man may climb Everest for himself, but at the summit he plants his country’s flag. —Quote of Margaret Thatcher

14. For every idealistic peacemaker willing to renounce his self-defense in favor of a weapons-free world, there is at least one carmaker anxious to exploit the other’s good intentions. —Quote of Margaret Thatcher

for every idealistic peacemaker willing to renounce his self-defense in favor of a weapons-free world, there is at least one carmaker anxious to exploit the other’s good intentions. —Quote sources: Margaret Thatcher

15. Constitutions have to be written on hearts, not just paper. —Quote of Margaret Thatcher

Constitutions have to be written on hearts, not just paper. —Quote of Margaret Thatcher

16. No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he had only had good intentions; he had money as well. —Quote of Margaret Thatcher

No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he had only had good intentions; he had money as well. —Quote of Margaret Thatcher

17. Economics are the method; the object is to change the heart and soul. —Quote of Margaret Thatcher

Economics are the method; the object is to change the heart and soul. —Quote of Margaret Thatcher

18. Defeat? I do not recognize the meaning of the word. —Quote of Margaret Thatcher

Defeat? I do not recognize the meaning of the word. —Quote of Margaret Thatcher

19. Socialists cry “power to the people”, and raise the clenched fist as they say it. We all know what they really mean power over people, power to the State. —Quote of Margaret Thatcher

Socialists shout “power to the people” and raise their clenched fist as they say it. We all know what they really mean – power over the people, power to the State. —Quote sources: Margaret Thatcher

20. It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake. —Quote of Margaret Thatcher

It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake. —Quote of Margaret Thatcher

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