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Everyone Wants To Be Immortal. Few Are. Margaret Thatcher Is. Why? Because Her Values Are Timeless, Eternal. Tap Anyone On The Shoulder Anywhere In The World, And Ask What Mrs Thatcher Believed In, And They Will Tell You. They Can Give A Clear Answer To What She 'stood For.

-Maurice Saatchi

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Everyone Wants To Be

Maurice Saatchi

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Everyone Wants To Be Immortal. Few Are. Margaret Thatcher Is. Why? Because Her Values Are Timeless, Eternal. Tap Anyone On The Shoulder Anywhere In The World, And Ask What Mrs Thatcher Believed In, And They Will Tell You. They Can Give A Clear Answer To What She 'stood For.

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