Margaret Thatcher Quotes


I've got a woman's ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves it.


Citations

Thatcher, Margaret. The Path to Power. HarperCollins, 1995.

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Gregory the Great. The Pope had sent a contingent of monks to bring Christianity to the people of England. However, the monks became immediately discouraged given the primitive state of the inhabitants, the climate, and the dangerous seas to voyage over. They asked permission of the Pope to withdraw. Gregory refused but sent Augustine of Canterbury to lead the contingent.


Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher
  • Born: October 13, 1925
  • Died: April 8, 2013
  • Nationality: English
  • Profession: Leader

Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, DStJ, PC, FRS, HonFRSC was a British stateswoman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She was the longest-serving British prime minister of the 20th century and the first woman to hold that office. A Soviet journalist dubbed her the "Iron Lady", a nickname that became associated with her uncompromising politics and leadership style. As prime minister, she implemented policies that became known as Thatcherism.