Margaret Thatcher — "The greatest enemy of freedom is the state."

"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."

"I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left."

"There is no such thing as society. There are individual men and women, and there are families."

"I was told I would never get into the House of Commons. I was told I would never get into the Cabinet. I was told I would never be Leader of the Opposition. And I was told I would never be Prime Minis…"

"It is not the business of government to nationalize industries. It is the business of government to keep industries competitive."