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I wasn't lucky. I deserved it.
Margaret Thatcher
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Margaret Thatcher
Age: 87 †
Born: 1925
Born: October 13
Died: 2013
Died: April 8
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Former Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom
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Margaret Hilda Thatcher
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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 will not change just to court popularity.
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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 couldn't live without work. That's what makes me so sympathetic towards those people who are unemployed. I don't know how they live without working.
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Europe will never be like America. Europe is a product of history. America is a product of philosophy.
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Socialists don't like ordinary people choosing, for they might not choose Socialism.
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If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.
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Tyranny must not prevail.
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It is no exaggeration to describe plain English as a fundamental tool of government.
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The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples' money.
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It may be the cock that crows, but it is the hen that lays the eggs.
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The desire to win is born in most of us. The will to win is a matter of training. The manner of winning is a matter of honour.
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I want a capital-earning democracy. Every man and woman a capitalist. Housing is the start. If you're a man or woman of property, you've got something. So every man a capitalist, and every man a man of property.
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The Russians put guns before butter. We put just about everything before guns.
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Consensus is the absence of leadership.
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