"We were told our campaign wasn't sufficiently slick. We regard that as a compliment." — Margaret Thatcher

You don't tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive.

I've got a woman's ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves it.

This lady is not for turning.

If you lead a country like Britain, a strong country, a country which has taken a lead in world affairs in good times and in bad, a country that is always reliable, then you have to have a touch of iron about you.