Quote #102
When you've spent half your political life dealing with humdrum issues like the environment, it's exciting to have a real crisis on your hands. (On the Falklands conflict.)
More from Margaret Thatcher
- We were told our campaign wasn't sufficiently slick. We regard that as a compliment.
- You don't tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive.
- To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.
- You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.
- To me, consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies. So it is something in which no one bel…
- Margaret Thatcher is the greatest living Englishwoman.
- Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.
- She was a tigress surrounded by hamsters.