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To cure the British disease with socialism was like trying to cure leukaemia with leeches.
Margaret Thatcher
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Margaret Thatcher
Age: 87 †
Born: 1925
Born: October 13
Died: 2013
Died: April 8
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Europe will never be like America. Europe is a product of history. America is a product of philosophy.
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I still want to play in it, maybe when I absolutely think I have no chance of playing in it my view might change but I doubt it because it just doesn't interest me.
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I started out in life with two great advantages: No money and good parents.
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