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To me consensus seems to be - the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies in search of something in which no-one believes, but to which no-one objects.
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 don't want to fight any wars if you can get them off before we get there, you do it, but off they go.
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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 Prime Minister is stealing our clothes but he is going to look pretty ridiculous walking around in mine.
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Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.
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I want my money back!
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I want a capital-earning democracy. Every man and woman a capitalist. Housing is the start. If you're a man or woman of property, you've got something. So every man a capitalist, and every man a man of property.
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Wars are not caused by the buildup of weapons. They are caused when an aggressor believes he can achieve his objectives at an acceptable price.
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The acid test of politics is not what you say at the hustings, but what you actually do in government.
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