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It may be the cock that crows, but it is the hen that lays the eggs.
Margaret Thatcher
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Margaret Thatcher
Age: 87 †
Born: 1925
Born: October 13
Died: 2013
Died: April 8
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Business success isn't just a selfish aim. Profits spread beyond those who make them and bring jobs and prosperity.
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A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us.
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Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.
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You can present people with ideas they may come to believe in, and as a result of them they will act, if they have the opportunities. Presenting people with opportunities is part of what politics is about.
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I just owe almost everything to my father and it's passionately interesting for me that the things that I learned in a small town, in a very modest home, are just the things that I believe have won the election.
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I can cope with nine of them, so they ought to be able to stand one of me. They could end the tiresomeness and stubbornness by giving me what I want.
Margaret Thatcher
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 do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near.
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We introduced the Community Charge. I still call it that. I like the Poles - I never had any intention of taxing them.
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There are still people in my party who believe in consensus politics. I regard them as Quislings, as traitors... I mean it.
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Socialists cry “Power to the people”, and raise the clenched fist as they say it. We all know what they really mean - power over people, power to the State.
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If you want to cut your own throat, don't come to me for a bandage.
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Israel must never be expected to jeopardize her security: if she was ever foolish enough to do so, and then suffered for it, the backlash against both honest brokers and Palestinians would be immense - 'land for peace' must also bring peace.
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What happened in Russia in 1917 wasn't a revolution - it was a coup d'etat.
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I was turned out because I said to Europe no, no, no. That no, no , no has now turned into yes, yes. Two yes's not three because he got the Social Chapter out and he's reserved his position on the single currency.
Margaret Thatcher
The first step in calculating which way to go is to find out where you are.
Margaret Thatcher
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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We Conservatives hate unemployment.
Margaret Thatcher
I'll stay until I'm tired of it. So long as Britain needs me, I shall never be tired of it.
Margaret Thatcher
It used to be about trying to do something. Now it's about trying to be someone.
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