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Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.
Margaret Thatcher
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Margaret Thatcher
Age: 87 †
Born: 1925
Born: October 13
Died: 2013
Died: April 8
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It is no exaggeration to describe plain English as a fundamental tool of government.
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What we should grasp, however, from the lessons of European history is that, first, there is nothing necessarily benevolent about programmes of European integration second, the desire to achieve grand utopian plans often poses a grave threat to freedom and third, European unity has been tried before, and the outcome was far from happy.
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Freedom under the law must never be taken for granted.
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There is no such thing as society.
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There might be new technology, but technological progress itself was nothing new - and over the years it had not destroyed jobs, but created them.
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I don't mind how much my Ministers talk, so long as they do what I say.
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The Russians put guns before butter. We put just about everything before guns.
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We should not expect the state to appear in the guise of an extravagant good fairy at every christening, a loquacious companion at every stage of life's journey, and the unknown mourner at every funeral.
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It used to be about trying to do something. Now it's about trying to be someone.
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I might have preferred iron - but bronze will do. It won't rust. This time I hope, the head will stay on.
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Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true.
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Consensus is the negation of leadership.
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I love his music because he was my generation. But then again, Elvis is everyone's generation, and he always will be.
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[On being asked how many Mrs. Thatchers there were:] Oh, three at least. There is the intellectual one, the intuitive one and the one at home.
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Consensus is the absence of leadership.
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The National Health Service is safe with us. The principle of adequate healthcare should be provided for all regardless of ability to pay must be the function of any arrangements for financing the NHS. We stand by that.
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When hecklers stand up, I get a mental jump for joy. It gives me something to get my teeth into - and the audiences love it.
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Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing it's a day you've had everything to do and you've done it.
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