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If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.
Margaret Thatcher
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Margaret Thatcher
Age: 87 †
Born: 1925
Born: October 13
Died: 2013
Died: April 8
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I'm not a good butcher but I've had to learn to carve the joint. People expect a new look.
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Just rejoice at the news and congratulate our armed forces and the Marines. Rejoice!
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We are a British nation with British characteristics. Every country can take some small minorities and in many ways they add to the richness and variety of this country. The moment the minority threatens to become a big one, people get frightened.
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A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us.
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