Margaret Thatcher

I usually make up my mind about a man in ten seconds; and I very rarely change it.

Being powerful is a lot like being a woman: If you have to tell someone that you are, invariably, you are not.

Europe will never be like America. Europe is a product of history. America is a product of philosophy.

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.

Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.
Margaret Thatcher - in Observer April 4, 1989
I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.

- Margaret Thatcher