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Any leader has to have a certain amount of steel in them, so I am not that put out being called the Iron Lady.
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 not immortal, but I've got a lot left in me yet.
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The secret of happiness is to live within your income and pay your bills on time.
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I don't want to fight any wars if you can get them off before we get there, you do it, but off they go.
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It is not the business of politicians to please everyone.
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You don't tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive.
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Consensus is the absence of leadership.
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If your only opportunity is to be equal then it is not opportunity.
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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.
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If it's me against 48, I feel sorry for the 48.
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I shall fight on, I shall fight to win.
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The larger the slice taken by government, the smaller the cake available for everyone.
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It is always important in matters of high politics to know what you do not know. Those who think they know, but are mistaken, and act upon their mistakes, are the most dangerous people to have in charge.
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It's okay, Chancellor, you can touch them. Sometimes I just strip down to a tank top and stare at these guns in front of a mirror all day long.
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I believe we should continue to have a partnership of national states each retaining the right to protect its vital interests, but developing more effectively than at present the habit of working together.
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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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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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Wars are not caused by the buildup of weapons. They are caused when an aggressor believes he can achieve his objectives at an acceptable price.
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It is absolutely right that President Reagan considers SDI and thank goodness people considered nuclear research before the last war.
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