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Socialist governments traditionally do make a financial mess. They always run out of other people's money. It's quite a characteristic of them.
Margaret Thatcher
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Margaret Thatcher
Age: 87 †
Born: 1925
Born: October 13
Died: 2013
Died: April 8
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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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Countries trade with each other - or to be more precise people buy and sell from each other across frontiers - because that is the way to advance their interests. We do not need to beg people to trade with us - as long as we have something that people want, of a quality they expect and at a price they are prepared to pay.
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Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true.
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Why do you climb philosophical hills? Because they are worth climbing . . . There are no hills to go down unless you start from the top.
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Everything a politician promises at election time has to be paid for either by higher taxation or by borrowing.
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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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The Labour Party believes in turning workers against owners we believe in turning workers into owners.
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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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