Маргарет Тэтчер цитаты страница 11

„Страсть к победе пылает в каждом из нас. Воля к победе — вопрос тренировки. Способ победы — вопрос чести.“

„Он так молчит, что хочется раздеться.“

„Если ты настроена только на то, чтобы кому-то нравиться, ты должна быть готова идти на компромисс по любому поводу в любое время — и ты никогда ничего не достигнешь.“

„Все лезут на Эверест для себя, но каждый поднимает над вершиной флаг своей страны.“

„Есть только один способ быть руководителем: это когда руководитель идет в добровольное рабство к руководимым, а не наоборот. Если же в его поведении появляется пусть даже одна сотая претензий на какое-либо преимущество перед ними или привилегии, то рано или поздно эти 0,01 вырастают в подавление, деспотию и тиранию.“

„90% наших забот касается того, что никогда не случится.“

„Не скажу, чтобы мне повезло. Просто я заслужила это.“

„Без экономической свободы никакой другой свободы быть не может.“

„Нужно хорошо изучить своего врага, тогда однажды можно превратить его в друга.“

„Чтобы выиграть сражение, его иногда приходится давать дважды.“

„Если те, кто меня критикует, увидели бы, как я шагаю по волнам Темзы, они сказали бы: это только потому, что она не умеет плавать.“

„Вовсе не обязательно соглашаться с собеседником, чтобы найти с ним общий язык.“

„Европа была создана историей. Америка – философией.“

М. Тэтчер о первой встрече с М.С. Горбачевым

„Не следует беззастенчиво лгать; но иногда необходима уклончивость.“

„Невозможно понять всех, если не прислушаться к каждому.“

„Европейский союз принципиально не может быть «демократической» структурой: попытки достичь этой иллюзорной цели на деле ведут к дальнейшему ущемлению бедных стран…“

„Нет ни малейшего смысла быть жалкой мягкой субстанцией в кресле. Разве не так?“

„Быть сильной — это как быть леди. Если надо говорить об этом, значит ты такой не являешься.“

„Все мужчины слабы, а слабее всех джентльмены.“

Быть руководителем — то же, что быть леди. Если ты напоминаешь людям о том, кто ты, значит, ты этим не являешься.

„Если вы не хотите ехать в этом поезде, то не важно, быстро он идет или медленно.“

„Не важно, сколько болтают мои министры, лишь бы они делали то, что я говорю.“

„Сам черт не разберет, отчего у нас быстрее подвигаются те, которые идут назад.“

„Никто бы и не помнил о «добром самаритянине», если бы у него были только благие намерения. У него также были и деньги.“

„Всем в своей жизни я обязана моему отцу, и это необычайно интересно, так как те вещи, которые я усвоила в маленьком городке, в очень скромной семье, – это именно те вещи, которые, как мне кажется, помогли победить на выборах.“

„Персональным нападкам на меня только радуюсь. Значит, других политических аргументов у противника уже не осталось.“

Esquire, 2007, февраль

„Это потрясающе — иметь на руках реальный кризис, после того как половина твоей политической жизни ушла на всякие скучные вещи вроде охраны среды!“

„Я останусь до тех пор, пока не устану. А пока Британия во мне нуждается, я никогда не устану.“

при начале Фолклендской войны (1982 г.)

„Вежливость сегодня ценится все дороже, нахальство вообще не имеет цены.“

„Конечно, банальности существуют. Они существуют просто потому, что отражают правду.“

„Лечить застарелые британские болезни социализмом — это как лечить лейкемию пиявками.“

„Изобретательность американцев при строительстве многих зданий – их линии, детали,
материалы, формы, сама их общая структура – завораживает меня.“

Эта цитата ждет обзора.

“Remember, George, this is no time to go wobbly.”

здание, форма, строительство
Источник: Англосаксонская мировая империя

Маргарет Тэтчер: Цитаты на английском языке

“I do not believe that people who go on strike in this country have a legitimate cause. Throughout the period of the Labour Government and this one, I have never supported any strikes in this country.”

To President George H.W. Bush, regarding the Persian Gulf conflict, as reported in an AP story http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19910308&slug=1270460 published March 8,1991 Former Vice President Dick Cheney : It’s an old wive’s story. Fox News interview (April 8, 2013) http://video.foxnews.com/v/2287344111001/dick-cheney-pays-tribute-to-margaret-thatcher/ with Greta Van Susteren that focused on his recollections of Prime Minister Thatcher PolitiFact.com http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2013/apr/10/dick-cheney/dick-cheney-margaret-thatcher-go-wobbly/, after a fairly extensive review of available source material, concluded, We rate Cheney’s claim False. Disputed

“Last week, Mr President, I seemed to hear a strange sound emanating from Blackpool. And I thought at first it was seagulls. [laughter] Then I remembered that Labour was holding its annual Conference there. And I realised it wasn't seagulls, it was chickens—[laughter and applause] chickens being counted before they were hatched—[laughter and applause] except for Labour's call to enter the ERM and cut interest rates. That was a case of counting chickens after they'd flown the coop. Then, I heard voices getting all worked up about someone they kept calling the “Prime Minister in Waiting”. [laughter] It occurs to me, Mr President, that he might have quite a wait. [applause] I can see him now, like the people queuing up for the Winter sales. All got up with his camp bed, hot thermos, woolly balaclava, CND badge… [laughter and applause] Waiting, waiting, waiting… And then when the doors open, in he rushes—only to find that, as always, there's “that woman” ahead of him again. [applause and laughter] I gather there may be an adjective between “that” and “woman” [laughter] only no-one will tell me what it is. [laughter and applause]”

Prime Minister's Questions (22 June 1982) http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/104972 First term as Prime Minister

“I seem to smell the stench of appeasement in the air—the rather nauseating stench of appeasement.”

Speech to Conservative Party Conference (12 October 1990) http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/108217 Third term as Prime Minister

“Member for Islwyn was going to have a single currency willy-nilly. He has already made up his mind. The argument that he uses is that, if others have it, we must. That is an argument for a flock of sheep, not for people who are sent here to analyse the problem and to use our minds and our reason to say which course we should follow.”

http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/108234 On a parliament debate about the Gulf War Third term as Prime Minister

“I don't know by whom we might be threatened. What I do know is a government [sic] we have to be prepared for any eventuality, and I do know that possessions of those nuclear weapons has kept the peace between nuclear powers far better than the possession of conventional weapons did. You know when we only had conventional weapons Europe was at war again with 21–22 years. We have had 38 years peace and in another four or five years we will have the longest period of peace in Europe for centuries. That, to me, is the greatest prize of all, and…I'm prepared to allocate that expenditure to keep peace for the people for whom I'm responsible.”

Speech in the House of Commons (20 November 1991) http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/108291 Post-Prime Ministerial

“The President of the Commission, M. Delors, said at a press conference the other day that he wanted the European Parliament to be the democratic body of the Community, he wanted the Commission to be the Executive and he wanted the Council of Ministers to be the Senate. No. No. No.”

TV Interview for Granada TV (1 June 1983) http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/105096 First term as Prime Minister

“If they do not wish to confer the honour, I am the last person who would wish to receive it.”

Debate in the House of Commons (30 October 1990) http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm198990/cmhansrd/1990-10-30/Debate-1.html Third term as Prime Minister

“The kind of Conservatism which he and I…favoured would be best described as "liberal", in the old-fashioned sense. And I mean the liberalism of Mr Gladstone not of the latter day collectivists. That is to say, we placed far greater confidence in individuals, families, businesses and neighbourhoods than in the State.”

Remarks after Oxford University voted not to award her an honorary degree. Mail on Sunday (3 February 1985), quoted in John Campbell, Margaret Thatcher. The Iron Lady (London: Jonathan Cape, 2003), p. 399.
Second term as Prime Minister

“Paddy Ashdown: …this is an agreement which the right hon. Lady will be entitled to regard with a certain pride and satisfaction as she looks back on the twilight days of her premiership…”

Keith Joseph Memorial Lecture (11 January 1996) http://www.margaretthatcher.org/speeches/displaydocument.asp?docid=108353 Post-Prime Ministerial

“The battle of the Falklands was a remarkable military operation, boldly planned, bravely executed, and brilliantly accomplished. We owe an enormous debt to the British forces and to the Merchant Marine. We honour them all. They have been supported by a people united in defence of our way of life and of our sovereign territory.”

Third term as Prime Minister

“I am a great admirer of Professor Hayek. Some of his books are absolutely supreme—“The Constitution of Liberty” and the three volumes on “Law, Legislation and Liberty”—and would be well read by almost every hon. Member.”

Speech in the House of Commons (15 June 1982) http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/104969 First term as Prime Minister

“[It is a] killing field of the like of which I thought we would never see in Europe again [and is] not worthy of Europe, not worthy of the west and not worthy of the United States… This is happening in the heart of Europe and we have not done more to stop it. It is in Europe's sphere of influence. It should be in Europe's sphere of conscience… We are little more than an accomplice to massacre.”

Speech in the House of Commons (10 March 1981) http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/104593 First term as Prime Minister

“We have brought three words—freedom, choice, opportunity—into the centre of the political debate. And we have exposed the language of Socialism, the gloss they put on words to conceal their true meaning. For instance, Socialists say “publicly owned”. What they mean is “State controlled”. Socialists say “Government aid”. What they mean is “taxpayers' aid”. Socialists say “social justice”. What they mean is “selective justice”. Socialists say “equality.” What they mean is “levelling down”. Why do they twist the truth like this? Because they dare not spell out the Socialist reality. One way to destroy capitalism, said Lenin, was to devalue its currency. Another way is to debase its language. Whenever we can, let us, like Luther, nail the truth to the door—and let us do it in unambiguous English. These are the opening rounds in the battle of ideas. It is a battle that we are winning.”

After UK Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd claimed lifting the arms embargo to Bosnians would create a "level killing field", as reported in 'Thatcher says massacre brings shame on west' by Philip Webster and Robert Morgan in The Times (14 April 1993)
Post-Prime Ministerial

“It is traditional conservatism…It is radical, because at the time when I took over we needed to be radical. I would not call it populist. I may say many of the things that I have said strike a chord in the hearts of ordinary people. Why? Because they are British. Because their character is independent. They do not like to be shoved around. Because they are prepared to take responsibility. Because they do expect to be loyal to their friends and loyal allies. You call it populist. I say it strikes a chord in the hearts of people. I know, because it struck a chord in my heart many many years ago.”

Speech to Conservative Central Council ("The Historic Choice") (20 March 1976) http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/102990 Leader of the Opposition

“Socialists then shift the ground for taking industries into “public ownership”. They then tell us that some industries cannot survive any longer unless they are taken into public ownership, allegedly to protect the public from the effects of their collapse. It all sounds so cosy, and so democratic. But is it true? No, of course it isn't. The moment ownership passes into the name of the public is the moment the public ceases to have any ownership or accountability, and often the moment when it ceases to get what it wants. But it is invariably the moment when the public starts to pay. Pays to take the industry over. Pays the losses by higher taxes. Pays for inefficiencies in higher prices.”

Radio Interview for BBC Radio 3 (17 December 1985) http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/105934 Second term as Prime Minister

“Today we are coming to realise that an epoch in history is over…For more than forty years that Iron Curtain remained in place. Few of us expected to see it lifted in our life-time. Yet with great suddenness the impossible has happened. Communism is broken, utterly broken…We do not see this new Soviet Union as an enemy, but as a country groping its way towards freedom. We no longer have to view the world through a prism of East-West relations. The Cold War is over.”

Speech to Finchley Conservatives (31 January 1976) http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/102947 Leader of the Opposition

“It is generally acknowledged that the Government are running, in the Maze prison, one of the most liberal and humane prison regimes anywhere…What hunger strikers are asking for—the one who died last was in fact a murderer; let us not mince our words—is political status by easy stages. They cannot have it. They are murderers and people who use force and violence to obtain their ends. They have made perfectly clear what they want. They cannot and will not have it.”

Speech to the Aspen Institute ("Shaping a New Global Community") (5 August 1990) http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/108174 Third term as Prime Minister

“Unfortunately in our education system youngsters are still not given sufficient encouragement to go into industry or commerce and not told that it is a good thing to make an honest profit. They should be told that if you don't make a profit, you won't be in business very long because you haven't anything to plow back for tomorrow. You make your profit by pleasing others so you have to make it honestly.”

Prime Minister's Questions (4 May 1981) http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/104649 regarding the 1981 Irish hunger strike. First term as Prime Minister

“I can't bear Britain in decline. I just can't.”

Interview for Director magazine (4 July 1983) http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/105182, quoted in Chris Ogden, Maggie: An Intimate Portrait of a Woman in Power (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1990), p. 345. Second term as Prime Minister

“This is what we believe.”

Interviewed http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/103864 by Michael Cockerell for BBC TV's Campaign '79 (27 April 1979). Leader of the Opposition

Remarks on The Constitution of Liberty by F. A. Hayek during a visit to the Conservative Research Department (summer 1975), quoted in John Ranelagh, Thatcher's People (London: HarperCollins, 1991), p. ix.
Leader of the Opposition

“Marxism has had it.”

“The fightback begins now!”

Press Conference for Washington Post and Newsweek (17 November 1988) http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/107390 Third term as Prime Minister

“I hope to go on and on.”

In a telephone call to Michael Portillo the morning after the 1997 General Election
Post-Prime Ministerial