I recently came across these quotes by Margaret Tatcher, the former conservative Prime Minister of Great Britain. I thought they could serve to remind us what a REAL leader of either gender is like:
"Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides. " MT
"I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end." MT
"Europe will never be like America. Europe is a product of history. America is a product of philosophy." MT
"We want a society where people are free to make choices, to make mistakes, to be generous and compassionate. This is what we mean by a moral society; not a society where the state is responsible for everything, and no one is responsible for the state." MT
"There is no such thing as Society. There are individual men and women, and there are families." MT
"To me, consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies. So it is something in which no one believes and to which no one objects." MT
"All attempts to destroy democracy by terrorism will fail. It must be business as usual." MT
"The desire to win is born in most of us. The will to win is a matter of training. The manner of winning is a matter of honour." MT
"I seem to smell the stench of appeasement in the air." MT
"We must try to find ways to starve the terrorist and the hijacker of the oxygen of publicity on which they depend." MT
"Nothing is more obstinate than a fashionable consensus." MT
"Being prime minister is a lonely job... you cannot lead from the crowd." MT
"Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true." MT
"Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's when you've had everything to do, and you've done it. " MT
Peggy Noonan, the Wall Street Journal columnist, related this story about Margaret Thatcher in a story printed in November:
"Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides. " MT
"I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end." MT
"Europe will never be like America. Europe is a product of history. America is a product of philosophy." MT
"We want a society where people are free to make choices, to make mistakes, to be generous and compassionate. This is what we mean by a moral society; not a society where the state is responsible for everything, and no one is responsible for the state." MT
"There is no such thing as Society. There are individual men and women, and there are families." MT
"To me, consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies. So it is something in which no one believes and to which no one objects." MT
"All attempts to destroy democracy by terrorism will fail. It must be business as usual." MT
"The desire to win is born in most of us. The will to win is a matter of training. The manner of winning is a matter of honour." MT
"I seem to smell the stench of appeasement in the air." MT
"We must try to find ways to starve the terrorist and the hijacker of the oxygen of publicity on which they depend." MT
"Nothing is more obstinate than a fashionable consensus." MT
"Being prime minister is a lonely job... you cannot lead from the crowd." MT
"Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true." MT
"Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's when you've had everything to do, and you've done it. " MT
Peggy Noonan, the Wall Street Journal columnist, related this story about Margaret Thatcher in a story printed in November:
In the early years of her prime ministership, Margaret Thatcher held a meeting with her aides and staff, all of whom were dominated by her, even awed. When it was over she invited her cabinet chiefs to join her at dinner in a nearby restaurant. They went, arrayed themselves around the table, jockeyed for her attention. A young waiter came and asked if they'd like to hear the specials. Mrs. Thatcher said, "I will have beef."
Yes, said the waiter. "And the vegetables?"
"They will have beef too."
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