She also warned against closer integration of the European Union, and, in a speech on Tuesday, she stirred controversy by lauding English-speaking people--Americans and Britons--as international saviors.
"In my lifetime, all of the problems have come from mainland Europe and all of the solutions have come from the English-speaking world," she told a reception given by Scottish Tories Tuesday evening, referring to World War II.
John Major, her successor as prime minister, recently described her in his memoirs as ill-mannered and increasingly autocratic toward the end of her 11-year premiership.
Major, who stepped down after the Labor Party defeated the Tories in May 1997, stayed away from this year's conference.
Party liberals said the Tories risked espousing British withdrawal from the EU, and warned against a slide to the right.
"There's been some pretty loose and, I think, foolish talk here," said ex-Defense Minister Nicholas Soames, a grandson of Sir Winston Churchill.
