Stephen Blake

strong sense of duty:

independence of the individual and the role of private charity,

If children have a problem, it is [said to be] society that is at fault. There is no such thing as society. There is living tapestry of men and women and people and the beauty of that tapestry and the quality of our lives will depend upon how much each of us is prepared to take responsibility for ourselves.

In her memoir, The Path to Power

Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.

Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren’t

she founded the think tank known as the Centre for Policy Studies (CPS)