Inspiring People

Margaret Thatcher

Some of the qualities of Margaret Thatcher are that she demonstrated great courage and confidence.

Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.
Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher's political career has been one of the most remarkable of modern times. Born in October 1925 at Grantham, a small market town in eastern England, she rose to become the first, and for two decades the only, woman to lead a major Western democracy. She won three successive General Elections and served as British Prime Minister for more than eleven years (1979-90), a record unmatched in the twentieth century.

During her term of office she reshaped almost every aspect of British politics, improving the economy, reforming outdated institutions, and completely changing the nation's foreign policy. Margaret Thatcher became one of the founders, with Ronald Reagan, of a school of conservative conviction politics, which has had a powerful impact on politics in Britain and the United States and earned her a higher international profile than any British politician since Winston Churchill.

For the last quarter century Margaret Thatcher has been one of the world's most influential and respected political leaders, as well as one of the most controversial, dynamic, and plain-spoken.

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