Margaret Thatcher/prime Minister 1979-1990

Famous quotes containing the words margaret thatcher, thatcher, prime and/or minister:

    “I seem to smell the stench of appeasement in the air.”
    —Margaret Thatcher (b. 1925)

    “There is no such thing as society: there are individual men and women, and there are families.”
    —Margaret Thatcher (b. 1925)

    “Being prime minister is a lonely job.... you cannot lead from the crowd.”
    —Margaret Thatcher (b. 1925)

    “Just let him be minister if that’s what he desires, but without his brother and his brother-in-law.”
    —Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)