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As the former dissident Vladimir Bukovsky once remarked – referring to the Russian proverb to the effect that you cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs – he had seen plenty of broken eggs, but never tasted any omelette.
Margaret Thatcher
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Margaret Thatcher
Age: 87 †
Born: 1925
Born: October 13
Died: 2013
Died: April 8
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Don't follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you.
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I seem to smell the stench of appeasement in the air.
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Just rejoice at the news and congratulate our armed forces and the Marines. Rejoice!
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Consensus is the absence of leadership.
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We had to do what we had to do - Britain is great again.
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If you are guided by opinion polls, you are not practicing leadership -- you are practicing followership.
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Working hard may not make you rich, but it should make you successful.
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[On George H.W. Bush:] By 1990 I had learned that I had to defer to him in conversation and not to stint the praise. If that was what was necessary to secure Britain's interests and influence, I had no hesitation in eating a little humble pie.
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A democratic Europe of nation states could be a force for liberty, enterprise and open trade. But, if creating a United States of Europe overrides these goals, the new Europe will be one of subsidy and protection
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If you lead a country like Britain, a strong country, a country which has taken a lead in world affairs in good times and in bad, a country that is always reliable, then you have to have a touch of iron about you.
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Consensus is the negation of leadership.
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