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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.
Margaret Thatcher
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Margaret Thatcher
Age: 87 †
Born: 1925
Born: October 13
Died: 2013
Died: April 8
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The Russians put guns before butter. We put just about everything before guns.
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I was asked whether I was trying to restore Victorian values. I said straight out I was. And I am.
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I do believe that political arrangements which are based upon violence, intimidation and theft will eventually break down - and will deserve to do so.
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I never hugged him, I bombed him.
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I think perhaps we manage our revolutions much more quietly in this country.
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I want my money back!
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The accumulation of wealth is a process which is of itself morally neutral. True, as Christianity teaches, riches bring temptations. But then so does poverty.
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Isn't a policy of conventional weapons, with the terrible bombs raining down, with the missiles, with the aircraft, with the submarines, with the torpedoes, with the tanks, with chemical weapons - isn't that based on the possibility of threat?
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If a woman like Eva Peron with no ideals can get that far, think how far I can go with the ideals that I have.
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It is not the business of politicians to please everyone.
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Freedom is not synonymous with an easy life. ... There are many difficult things about freedom: It does not give you safety, it creates moral dilemmas for you it requires self-discipline it imposes great responsibilities but such is the nature of Man and in such consists his glory and salvation.
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Why do you climb philosophical hills? Because they are worth climbing . . . There are no hills to go down unless you start from the top.
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We have made too much of one or two people, and we think that they can win or lose elections for us. Don't be depressed if one particular person transgresses. It doesn't lose an election unless the Party loses faith in itself.
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I have very strong views about Europe. We're quite the best country. We rescued them. We're not going to get entangled with them. We've got to keep our own independence. Is that clear?
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I'm back... and you knew I was coming. On my way here I passed a cinema with the sign 'The Mummy Returns'.
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We were told our campaign wasn't sufficiently slick. We regard that as a compliment.
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I think Essex Man will vote for a Conservative Government.
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Consensus is the absence of leadership.
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