History Quotes / MargaretThatcher

->''"People on all levels of income are better off than they were in 1979. The hon. Gentleman is saying that he would rather that the poor were poorer, provided that the rich were less rich. That way one will never create the wealth for better social services as we have. What a policy. Yes, he would rather have the poor poorer, provided that the rich were less rich. That is the Liberal policy."''

->''"If you don't think a woman can handle a war, [[TheFalklandsWar ask the Argentinians]]."''

->''"At the end of a Downing Street reception, I was the last to leave, alone with Mr and Mrs Thatcher. In that low voice, trained to sooth, she said flirtatiously: "Mr [=McKellen=], I like your suit. Where did you get it?" "[[NoTrueScotsman It's Japanese]], Prime Minister." She grimaced like a nanny: "Naughty, naughty!" and [[GetOut closed the double doors in my face.]]"''
-->-- '''[[Creator/IanMcKellen Sir Ian McKellen]]'''

->''"...Britain is in a bit of a cultural renaissance here. It’s musically on top of the world, for all the flaws in ''Series/DoctorWho'' there are all-time classics of television being made in this period. The British invasion of comics is in full swing, with Creator/AlanMoore making his transformative impact on the American comics industry. And much of this, albeit not all of it, is in direct reaction against Thatcherism. There’s a compelling, if unintended, argument to be had here... At some point we have to admit that hating Thatcher is [[LoveToHate something of a fetish]] -- that she is the symptom we most enjoy."''
-->-- '''[[http://www.philipsandifer.com/2012/05/things-which-act-against-everything-we.html Phil Sandifer]]''' on "[[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS22E1AttackOfTheCybermen}} Attack of the Cybermen]]"

->''Interestingly, one mate of mine, a proper leftie, in his heyday all Red Wedge and right-on punch-ups, was melancholy. "[[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing I thought I'd be overjoyed]], but really it's just … [[WaxingLyrical another one bites the dust]] …" This demonstrates, I suppose, that if you opposed Thatcher's ideas it was likely because of their lack of compassion, which is really just a word for love. If love is something you cherish, it is hard to glean much joy from death, [[AntagonistInMourning even in one's enemies.]]''
-->-- '''RussellBrand'''

->''[[HilariousInHindsight I don't think there will be a woman Prime Minister in my lifetime.]]''

->''Women shouldn't meddle in politics? Mr. Tito, I don't 'meddle' in politics. [[IAmTheTrope I am politics.]]''

->''Socialist governments traditionally do make a financial mess. They always run out of other people's money. It's quite a characteristic of them.''

->''They're casting their problem on society. And, you know, [[NeverMyFault there is no such thing as society]]. There are individual men and women, and there are families. And no government can do anything except through people, and people must look to themselves first.''

->''People on all levels of income are better off than they were in 1979. The hon. Gentleman is saying that he would rather that the poor were poorer, provided that the rich were less rich. That way one will never create the wealth for better social services as we have. What a policy. Yes, he would rather have the poor poorer, provided that the rich were less rich. That is the Liberal policy.''

->''At the end of a Downing Street reception, I was the last to leave, alone with Mr and Mrs Thatcher. In that low voice, trained to sooth, she said flirtatiously: "Mr [=McKellen=], I like your suit. Where did you get it?" "[[NoTrueScotsman It's Japanese]], Prime Minister." She grimaced like a nanny: "Naughty, naughty!" and closed the double doors in my face.''

->''

Britain is in a bit of a cultural renaissance here. It’s musically on top of the world, for all the flaws in ''Series/DoctorWho'' there are all-time classics of television being made in this period. The British invasion of comics is in full swing, with Creator/AlanMoore making his transformative impact on the American comics industry. And much of this, albeit not all of it, is in direct reaction against Thatcherism. There’s a compelling, if unintended, argument to be had here... At some point we have to admit that hating Thatcher is something of a fetish - that she is the symptom we most enjoy.''

->''The questioner was mystified. She just ''knew'' that all war was bad somehow, and though, from [[WorldWarII firsthand experience]], I incline to her view, I did suggest that it was not such a good thing for her--or for anyone--to be so unaware of history... Naturally, she identified all war with men. Once women are in power, war will be politically incorrect, [[LadyOfWar as Mrs. Thatcher demonstrated.]]''

->''If Margaret Thatcher wins on Thursday, I warn you not to be ordinary. I warn you [[HatesEveryoneEqually not to be young. I warn you not to fall ill. I warn you not to get old]].''
-->-- '''Neil Kinnock, before the 1983 elections'''

->''"Jack always said it was difficult for us Americans to understand what it was really like here in the darkest parts of the eighties. We had a [[RonaldReagan doddery old President]] who talked about the end of the world a little too often and was being run by the wrong people. But they had a Prime Minister who was genuinely mad. You know there were even feminists and women's studies theorists who denied she was even really a woman anymore, she was so far out of her tree? She wanted [[FinalSolution concentration camps for AIDS victims]], wanted to eradicate homosexuality [[{{Unperson}} even as an abstract concept]], made poor people choose between [[ShameIfSomethingHappened eating and keeping their vote]], ran the most shameless [[WarForFunAndProfit vote-grabbing artificial war scam]] in fifty years... England was a scary place. No wonder it produced a scary culture."''
-->-- '''WarrenEllis''', ''{{ComicBook/Planetary}}'' #7

->''Women shouldn't meddle in politics? Mr. Tito, I don't 'meddle' in politics. [[IAmTheTrope I ''am'' politics.]]
-->-- ''Thatcher in a rejoinder to Josip Broz Tito, later recounted by columnists such as in [[http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/260526/lady-s-rib-c-jay-nordlinger National Review]]''

->''The questioner was mystified. She just ''knew'' that all war was bad somehow, and though, from firsthand experience, I incline to her view, I did suggest that it was not such a good thing for her--or for anyone--to be so unaware of history... Naturally, she identified all war with men. Once women are in power, war will be politically incorrect, [[LadyOfWar as Mrs. Thatcher demonstrated.]]''

->''Socialist governments traditionally do make a financial mess. They always run out of other people's money. It's quite a characteristic of them.''
-->-- '''Thatcher in a 1976 interview'''

->''People on all levels of income are better off than they were in 1979. The hon. Gentleman is saying that he would rather that the poor were poorer, provided that the rich were less rich. That way one will never create the wealth for better social services as we have. What a policy. Yes, he would rather have the poor poorer, provided that the rich were less rich. That is the Liberal policy.''
-->-- '''Thatcher in her last speech at the House of Commons, 1990'''

->''If Margaret Thatcher wins on Thursday, I warn you not to be ordinary. I warn you [[HatesEveryoneEqually not to be young. I warn you not to fall ill. I warn you not to get old]].''
-->-- '''Neil Kinnock, before the 1983 elections'''

-->-- '''Gore Vidal''', ''Point to Point Navigation''

->''

Britain is in a bit of a cultural renaissance here. It’s musically on top of the world, [[ColinBaker for all the flaws]] in ''DoctorWho'' there are all-time classics of television being made in this period. The British invasion of comics is in full swing, with AlanMoore making his transformative impact on the American comics industry. And much of this, albeit not all of it, is in direct reaction against Thatcherism. There’s a compelling, if unintended, argument to be had here... At some point we have to admit that hating Thatcher is something of a fetish - that she is the symptom we most enjoy.''

->''At the end of a Downing Street reception, I was the last to leave, alone with Mr and Mrs Thatcher. In that low voice, trained to sooth, she said flirtatiously: "Mr [=McKelle=], I like your suit. Where did you get it?" "[[NoTrueScotsman It's Japanese]], Prime Minister." She grimaced like a nanny: "Naughty, naughty!" and closed the double doors in my face.''

-->'''Thatcher in her last speech at the House of Commons, 1990'''

-->'''Neil Kinnock, before the 1983 elections'''

-->'''Thatcher in a 1973 interview'''

-->'''Thatcher in a 1976 interview'''

->''They're casting their problem on society. And, you know, there is no such thing as society. There are individual men and women, and there are families. And no government can do anything except through people, and people must look to themselves first.''
-->'''Thatcher in a 1987 interview'''

->''People on all levels of income are better off than they were in 1979. The hon. Gentleman is saying that he would rather that the poor were poorer, provided that the rich were less rich. That way one will never create the wealth for better social services. as we have. What a policy. Yes, he would rather have the poor poorer, provided that the rich were less rich. That is the Liberal policy.''

->''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. I warn you not to get old.''

-->'''Thatcher in an 1973 interview'''

->''I don't think there will be a woman Prime Minister in my lifetime.''

-->'''Neil Kinnock, before the 1983 elections'''

-->'''Neil Kinnock''', before the 1983 elections

-->'''Thatcher in an 1973 interview'''