Margaret Thatcher Quotes

Duties and rights are reciprocal

There is no entitlement without a duty.

Rights! There are no rights whatever without corresponding duties.

I think that anything that has privileges have responsibility and all people that is clear about their responsibility has compromise.

Strong rights presume strong responsibilities.

Favors granted always become defined as rights.

I firmly believe that to whom much is given, much is expected.

it make no sense to talk about rights without also talking about responsibilities

Of those to whom much is given, much is asked.

It is reasonable that everyone who asks justice should do justice

Our privileges can be no greater than our obligations. The protection of our rights can endure no longer than the performance of our responsibilities.

People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.

People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to ours. The inference is false, a gift confers no rights.

But we must create in each person a sense of responsibility in order that each one of us can have the right to enjoy all his rights.

To whom much is given, much is expected. I do believe this. It's embedded in me.

To whom much is given, much is required - not expected, but required.

Even if you feel someone has wronged you or owes you something, no one is going to give you anything for free.

Everyone needs something from me.

It is time to break the bad habit of expecting something for nothing, from our government or from each other.

Right therefore and obligation are, as logicians express it, correllative terms; one of these ideas necessarily supposes the other; and we cannot conceive a right without a corresponding obligation.

To whom nothing is given, of him can nothing be required.

I love loyalty, and I love paying back my end of loyalty, you know what I'm saying? I love making it full circle.

When you come to Denmark, you have the chance to live in a free, peaceful country with access to free education, free medical aid and the opportunity to work. To benefit from that requires responsibility. If you don't assume that responsibility, it is a breach in trust.

A something-for-nothing culture does no one any favours. It makes those who are doing the right thing cynical.

I put a lot of effort into not upsetting people and trying to do things the right way, so I feel I can reserve the right to complain when I feel let down by others.