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I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.
Margaret Thatcher
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Margaret Thatcher
Age: 87 †
Born: 1925
Born: October 13
Died: 2013
Died: April 8
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Communism produces neither dignity nor prosperity. It takes all power away from the people and places it in the hands of a self-appointed elite. And because it distorts and manipulates the distinctive talents of individuals rather than letting those talents flourish, it prevents progress and prosperity.
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I have the money and they won't get their hands on it.
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The Third World is very much like the First World - just poorer: what works for the West will work for the rest as well.
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The Labour Party believes in turning workers against owners we believe in turning workers into owners.
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I want to get totally rid of class distinction. As someone put it one of the papers this morning: Marks and Spencer have triumphed over Karl Marx and Engels.
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The patronage state is an arrogant state. It assumes it can spend your money better than you do. Yet it expects you to work for it in the first place.
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[When asked how it felt to be a female prime minister:] I don't know: I've never experienced the alternative.
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Free enterprise has enabled the creative and the acquisitive urges of man to be given expression in a way which benefits all members of society. Let free enterprise fight back now, not for itself, but for all those who believe in freedom.
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Let's make it clear: the Conservative Party has no plans for new NHS charges.
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I'm standing up for the right of self-determination. I'm standing up for our territory. I'm standing up for our people. I'm standing up for international law. I'm standing up for all those territories - those small territories and peoples the world over - who, if someone doesn't stand up and say to an invader 'enough, stop', would be at risk.
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Being democratic is not enough, a majority cannot turn what is wrong into right. In order to be considered truly free, countries must also have a deep love of liberty and an abiding respect for the rule of law.
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I owe a great deal to the church for everything in which I believe. I am very glad that I was brought up strictly. I was a very serious child. There was not a lot of fun and sparkle in my life.
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I went to Oxford University - but I've never let that hold me back.
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Each generation has to stand up for democracy. It can't take anything for granted and may have to fight fundamental battles anew.
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The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples' money.
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You do not achieve anything without trouble, ever.
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It is no exaggeration to describe plain English as a fundamental tool of government.
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This business of the working class is on its way out I think. After all, aren't I working class? I work jolly hard, I can tell you.
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Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't.
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