Margaret MacMillan : (3) " There was that argument that if we had more women in positions of authority, the world would be a nicer place. And then we got Golda Meir, Margaret Thatcher, Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Indira Gandhi. When women become acclimatised to war, they can become every bit as ruthless as men. " - Margaret MacMillan " I’ve always loved reading diaries and memoirs and just getting a sense of different personalities and what made them tick as individuals. " - Margaret MacMillan " Political orientation is unimportant in populism because it does not deal in evidence or detailed proposals for change but in the manipulation of feelings by charismatic leaders. " - Margaret MacMillan