They were very different characters who shared a similar philosophy, albeit expressed with more charm by a president who much admired her directness and her simple, even blunt assertions of the old verities. “Isn’t she wonderful,” he is reported to have said to an aide, one hand over the telephone, as she scolded him from London for some US policy error.
撒切尔对英美关系的强度信心十足，这可以从她和里根的友谊中一窥端倪。他们的个性绝不相同，但人生哲学相近，总统的表达更加优雅，而他相当仰慕她的直率和对古老真理的单刀直入甚至话糙理直。“她真是个可人儿，”据报道他曾这样对助手说。当时他一只手握着电话，听着她在伦敦向他斥责美国的政策失误。前去聆听她卸任后演讲的许多美国人也有同感。