Margaret Thatcher Quotes

Peace is purchased from strength. It's not purchased from weakness or unilateral retreats.

You know with a bully you cannot let them slap you around, because they slap you around today, they slap you five or six times tomorrow. We are not going to be bullied.

I was fortunate enough to never really be bullied. Maybe one time in middle school, but it was my fault. I had said something to someone, and they waited for me outside for a month until finally I put my dukes up and ran out. It was completely my fault.

You know what really shuts up a bully? Learning how to build a pipe-bomb!

One of the greatest pieces of advice I've ever gotten in my life was from my mom. When I was a little kid there was a kid who was bugging me at school and she said "Okay, I'm gonna tell you what to do. If the kid's bugging you and puts his hands on you; you pick up the nearest rock.

We did not start a fight with America, and we don't want a war with America. If someone launches an attack, though, we will respond. We will not take rejection or humiliation. We do not want to fight.

A weapon is a device for making your enemy change his mind.

A nation’s capacity for compromise decreases as its re-armament increases.

Negotiation is not a solution and will not solve anything. Those who think of negotiation when they are threatened only reveal their weakness and incapability. That is a bad move.

Repel force by force

It is not important what the other side says or means. What is important are the military capabilities of the other side.

If you see a bully, stand up to him.

People who need to bully you are the easiest to push around.

Weak people always attack strong people - it's safer. It's weak people who are dangerous, who lash out uncontrollably and hurt you back. Stong people can walk away - no repercussions, you see, if you attack a stong person.

Sometimes and in particular dealing with a dictator, the only chance of peace is a readiness for war.

My dad always told me to stand up to bullies, and Bill O'Reilly is kind of a bully, and he's the kind of kid who hits other kids on the playground. And when you hit him, he runs to the teacher and says, 'Teacher, sue him.'

I've never been in a street fight.

We need to do something about the culture of violence.

My dad always used to tell me that if they challenge you to an after-school fight, tell them you won't wait-you can kick their ass right now.

War can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up the gun.

The surest way to prevent war is not to fear it.

If you have to fight a crowd of boys, it's best to go for the biggest one. That way you won't have to fight them all. The others will see that you mean business and you will win their respect.

Appeasement was never a very clever policy, and it should not be our option today.

Fights in real life between real people only last so long before someone gets seriously hurt.

It is impossible to fight bullies merely by saying they're going too far.