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The larger the slice taken by government, the smaller the cake available for everyone.
Margaret Thatcher
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Margaret Thatcher
Age: 87 †
Born: 1925
Born: October 13
Died: 2013
Died: April 8
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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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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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The acid test of politics is not what you say at the hustings, but what you actually do in government.
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If you want to get something said in the politics tell a man. If you want to get something done in the politics tell a woman
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I just owe almost everything to my father and it's passionately interesting for me that the things that I learned in a small town, in a very modest home, are just the things that I believe have won the election.
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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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Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.
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Working hard may not make you rich, but it should make you successful.
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You can't lead from the crowd.
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History has taught us that freedom cannot long survive unless it is based on moral foundations. You can get the economics right, but in addition liberty must be cultivated as a moral quality.
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Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing it's a day you've had everything to do and you've done it.
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