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Those who imagine that a politician would make a better figurehead than a hereditary monarch might perhaps make the acquaintance of more politicians.
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 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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I hate feminism. It is poison.
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Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.
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Tyranny must not prevail.
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I can't bear Britain in decline. I just can't.
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Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.
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No Western nation has to build a wall round itself to keep its people in.
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I've got my teeth into him, and I'm not going to let go.
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The accumulation of wealth is a process which is of itself morally neutral. True, as Christianity teaches, riches bring temptations. But then so does poverty.
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Don't follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you.
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We need a free economy not only for the renewed material prosperity it will bring, but because it is indispensable to individual freedom, human dignity and to a more just, more honest society.
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