Anthony Holden Quotes

I had to live and breathe Margaret Thatcher for a few months. I totally engulfed myself in her life. I read her autobiography and a biography, 'The Grocer's Daughter.'

What Britain needs is an iron lady.

The mongers brought them together upon a mutual surrender of their principles.

I never was a great Thatcher fan, and it wasn't a sad day in my life when she resigned.

A judgment about life has no meaning except the truth of the one who speaks last, and the mind is at ease only at the moment when everyone is shouting at once and no one can hear a thing.

I've spent a bit of time with the Prince of Wales, who I respect greatly. I'd give two cheers for the Monarchy.

To keep your marriage brimming, With love in the loving cup, Whenever you're wrong, admit it; Whenever you're right, shut up.

No British politician has ever been more despised by the British people than Margaret Thatcher.

For us she is not the iron lady. She is the kind, dear Mrs. Thatcher.

I only met Margaret Thatcher twice. The thing that I thought about meeting her was how extraordinarily intelligent she was. You really had to be on your game; otherwise, she'd make mincemeat of you.

Telling writers to shut up is a sure way to keep them talking.

Mrs. Thatcher was a powerful figure at the time I was a student in London. And I admire her versatility and strength.

As to such of them as you cannot prevail with to concur you are to endeavor at least to soften them in their opposition or to get them to be absent.

One of the problems of being a prime minister is that you can't do what people want all at once.

[Addressing Congress:] The people await action. They did not send us here to bicker ... Let us negotiate soon—and hard. But in the end, let us produce.

The British Government

[The Queen and the rest of the royal family, together with much of the nation, wanted the government to take action to blunt the Tsarist Russian expansionism. Prime Minister Disraeli had his own time-table for dealing with Russia. He was invited to a private royal dinner and found himself seated next to Princess Mary of Cambridge who asked him at the first opportunity, “I cannot imagine what you are waiting for?” Potatoes, at this moment, Madam.

My people and I have come to an agreement that satisfies us both: They are to say what they please, and I am to do as I please.

If Margaret Thatcher wins on Thursday, I warn you not to be ordinary, I warn you not to be young, I warn you not to fall ill, and I warn you not to grow old.

Princes of the Royal Family should keep as much as possible aloof from Party Politics, as I think they else invariably become mixed up with Party violence, and frequently are made the tools of people who are utterly regardless of the mischief they cause to the Throne and Royal Family. Believe me.

British Prime Minister Margret Thatcher, was a precursor to the American Tea Party.

After Margaret Thatcher's funeral, I spoke at a tribute meeting organised by her supporters in a pub next to St Paul's.

Thatcher was the best politician I have ever witnessed.

Prime ministers come and go, but so long as he or she lives, the sovereign remains, receiving and reading all state papers and meeting once a week with the prime minister to advise, enquire, and comment - sometimes sharply, as was the case with Queen Elizabeth II and Mrs. Thatcher - on affairs of state.

Margaret was the best prime minister of my lifetime. Mythology has turned Thatcher into someone regarded either as a goddess by her supporters or an evil witch by her opponents.