"One of the things being in politics..." - Quote by Margaret Thatcher
One of the things being in politics has taught me is that men are not a reasoned or reasonable sex.
More by Margaret Thatcher
“Why do you climb philosophical hills? Because they are worth climbing . . . There are no hills to go down unless you start from the top.”
“It must be a conviction Government. As Prime Minister I could not waste time having internal arguments.”
“Being powerful is a lot like being a woman: If you have to tell someone that you are, invariably, you are not.”
More on Gender Differences
“Men are self-confident because they grow up identifying with super-heroes. Women have bad self-images because they grow up identifying with Barbie.”
“Women are more attuned to feelings than men are, and if they’re not being truthful, more often than not it’s because they think truth might hurt your feelings. But it doesn’t mean they don’t love you.”
“What women want: To be loved, to be listened to, to be desired, to be respected, to be needed, to be trusted, and sometimes, just to be held. What men want: Tickets to the World Series.”
More on Politics
“The slave-breeders and slave-traders, are a small, odious and detested class, among you; and yet in politics, they dictate the course of all of you, and are as completely your masters, as you are the master of your own negroes.”
“I'm not so optimistic as to think that you would ever be able to garner a majority of an American Congress that would make those kinds of investments above and beyond the kinds of investments that could be made in a progressive program for lifting up all people.”
“I think the American people, with some justification, think that most politicians live in la-la land.”