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It used to be about trying to do something. Now it's about trying to be someone.
Margaret Thatcher
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Margaret Thatcher
Age: 87 †
Born: 1925
Born: October 13
Died: 2013
Died: April 8
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I am an ally of the United States. We believe the same things, we believe passionately in the same battle of ideas, we will defend them to the hilt. Never try to separate me from them.
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Personal abuse is no substitute for policy. It signals panic.
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I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end good will triumph.
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I'm also very much aware that it is you who brought democracy to Chile, you set up a constitution suitable for democracy, you put it into effect, elections were held, and then, in accordance with the result, you stepped down.
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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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You and I come by road or rail, but economists travel on infrastructure.
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We need a free economy not only for the renewed material prosperity it will bring, but because it is indispensable to individual freedom, human dignity and to a more just, more honest society.
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If you set out to be liked, you will accomplish nothing.
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Freedom under the law must never be taken for granted.
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I'm happy as a dog with two dicks
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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 have never knowingly made a non-controversial speech in my life.
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Don't follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you.
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It is not the business of politicians to please everyone.
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What happened in Russia in 1917 wasn't a revolution - it was a coup d'etat.
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Our children need strong families raising them with sturdy virtues, not to be smothered in the cold arms of the state.
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Forget that I'm a woman. Forget the accusations that I am a Right Winger demanding privilege - I had precious little privilege in my early years.
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If you want something said, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman.
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It seems like cloud cuckoo land. If anyone is suggesting that I would go to Parliament and suggest the abolition of the Pound Sterling - no! We have made it quite clear that we will not have a single currency imposed upon us.
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