Margaret Thatcher was one of Britain's most divisive Prime Ministers who was never afraid to speak her mind.
Here we round-up some of her most memorable quotes:
- "If you want something said, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman". (1965) - "To those waiting with bated breath for that favourite media catchphrase, the U-turn, I have only one thing to say: You turn if you want to. The lady's not for turning". (to the Conservative conference in 1980)
- "There is no such thing as society. There are individual men and women and there are families". (1987) - "I don't think there will be a woman prime minister in my lifetime". (as education secretary in 1973)
- "I am not a consensus politician. I'm a conviction politician". (1979) - "Nobody would remember the Good Samaritan if he had only good intentions. He had money as well". (1980)
- "Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country". (1979, the year she became prime minister) - "I don't mind how much my ministers talk, as long as they do what I say". (1980)
- "My policies are based not on some economics theory, but on things I and millions like me were brought up with: an honest day's work for an honest day's pay; live within your means; put by a nest egg for a rainy day; pay your bills on time; support the police". (1981) - "Defeat? I do not recognise the meaning of the word". (At the start of the Falklands conflict, April 1982)
