“I don’t think there will be a woman Prime Minister in my lifetime.” – 1975
‘To those waiting with bated breath for that favourite media catchphrase, the U-turn, I have only one thing to say. You turn if you want to. The lady’s not for turning.’
‘I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.’
‘If you want something said, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman.’
‘I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.’
‘To cure the British disease with socialism was like trying to cure leukaemia with leeches.’
“If a Tory does not believe that private property is one of the main bulwarks of individual freedom, then he had better become a socialist and have done with it.
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