THE IRON
LADY SPEAKS
You turn if you want to.
The lady’s not for turning.
If it is once again one
against 48, then I am very
sorry for the 48.
I don’t mind how much my ministers
talk – as long as they do what I say.
If you lead a country like Britain…
then you have to have a touch of
iron about you.
Being prime minister is a lonely job…
you cannot lead from the crowd.
I seem to smell the stench of
appeasement in the air.
I am extraordinarily patient, provided I
get my own way in the end.
There is only one small vowel…
between ruin and run.
The small vowel… is ‘I’.
I’m not hard, I’m frightfully soft.
But I will not be hounded.
I will not
change just to
court popularity.
I am not known for my objectives or
purposes being unclear.
To accuse me of being too
inflexible is poppycock.
I am no Darth Vader and you don’t
have to protect yourselves from me.