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Margaret Thatcher
Age: 87 †
Born: 1925
Born: October 13
Died: 2013
Died: April 8
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[On Ronald Reagan:] Poor dear, there's nothing between his ears.
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The European single currency is bound to fail, economically, politically and indeed socially, though the timing, occasion and full consequences are all necessarily still unclear.
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One only gets to the top rung on the ladder by steadily climbing up one at a time, and suddenly, all sorts of powers, all sorts of abilities which you thought never belonged to you - suddenly become within your own possibility and you think, 'Well, I'll have a go, too.'
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Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan.
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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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[When asked how it felt to be a female prime minister:] I don't know: I've never experienced the alternative.
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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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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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I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.
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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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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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If you go into what I call a bubble boom, every bubble bursts.
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The first step in calculating which way to go is to find out where you are.
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I owe a great deal to the church for everything in which I believe. I am very glad that I was brought up strictly. I was a very serious child. There was not a lot of fun and sparkle in my life.
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Many of our troubles are due to the fact that our people turn to politicians for everything.
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Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true.
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When I look at him [Edward Heath] and he looks at me, I don't feel that it is a man looking at a woman. More like a woman being looked at by another woman.
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The accumulation of wealth is a process which is of itself morally neutral. True, as Christianity teaches, riches bring temptations. But then so does poverty.
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Object to merit and distinction, and you're setting your face against quality, independence, originality, genius against all the richness and variety of life. When you hold back the successful, you penalize those who need help.
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