Video: The Iron Lady at her best
By Jo-Anna K. Burnett
Margaret Thatcher on Socialism
In an animated response, Thatcher uses her hands and arms to demonstrate the gap between rich and poor after being challenged by MPs who respond by mimicking the PM.
"You’d rather have the poor poorer, provided the rich were less rich … you do not create a wealth and opportunity that way. You do not create a property owning democracy that way," Thatcher said.
Margaret Thatcher "Larry King Live" 1995 (1)
On a promotional tour for her book, "The Path to Power," Thatcher offers a firm "no" after US talk show host Larry King asks if she would like to be "in that office again."
"No … the ole girl went and the ole girl’s never going to come back," Thatcher joked on the prospect of returning to office.
Prime Minister's Questions – 27 November 1990
Margaret Thatcher's last PMQs
Margaret Thatcher – Thames Television – 1971 -1979
Thatcher responds to questions that she may be out of touch with the ordinary person while working as education secretary.
"I started live with two great advantages, no money and good parents. Now, no money can be an advantage, because you generally have to fight your own way, and good parents are the best advantage of all."
Margaret Thatcher tells journalists to cheer up
"Cheer up," said the iron lady, when telling journalists of a fall in unemployment in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales.
"Doesn't that please you?" she said.
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