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If you lead a country like Britain, a strong country, a country which has taken a lead in world affairs in good times and in bad, a country that is always reliable, then you have to have a touch of iron about you.
Margaret Thatcher
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Margaret Thatcher
Age: 87 †
Born: 1925
Born: October 13
Died: 2013
Died: April 8
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Consensus is the absence of leadership.
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Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true.
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The West as a whole in the early 1990s become obsessed with a 'peace dividend' that would be spent over and over again on any number of soft-hearted and sometimes soft-headed causes. Politicians forget that the only real peace dividend is peace.
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I like Mr Gorbachev, we can do business together.
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Let us never forget this fundamental truth: The State has no source of money other than the money people themselves earn.
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The Nuremburg trials were attacked at the time as 'victor's justice'. And this is precisely what they were - and were intended to be.
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I hope we shall see more ande more women combining marriage and a career. Prejudice against this dual role is not confined to men. I regret to say, it comes from our own sex.
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There are always dangers about. Therefore you must always keep your defences strong.
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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.
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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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