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I can cope with nine of them, so they ought to be able to stand one of me. They could end the tiresomeness and stubbornness by giving me what I want.
Margaret Thatcher
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Margaret Thatcher
Age: 87 †
Born: 1925
Born: October 13
Died: 2013
Died: April 8
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The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples' money.
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To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan you should wear it inside, where it functions best.
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I think Essex Man will vote for a Conservative Government.
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Socialists cry “Power to the people”, and raise the clenched fist as they say it. We all know what they really mean - power over people, power to the State.
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It is in a country's interests to keep faith with its allies. States in this sense are like people. If you have a reputation for exacting favors and not returning them, the favours dry up.
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Let our children grow tall and some taller than others if they have it in them to do so.
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No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions he had money as well.
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I don't mind how much my Ministers talk, so long as they do what I say.
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It is not the business of politicians to please everyone.
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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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When will Labour learn that you cannot build Jerusalem in Brussels.
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I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near.
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When in August 1793 a British delegation showed their hosts a terrestrial globe, it turned into a diplomatic incident, for the Chinese were furious to see that their empire covered so little of it. For centuries the Chinese had thought of themselves as 'The Middle Kingdom', that is the centre of the civilized world. To see otherwise was a shock.
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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.
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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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[On being asked how many Mrs. Thatchers there were:] Oh, three at least. There is the intellectual one, the intuitive one and the one at home.
Margaret Thatcher
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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Let us, then, draw together in the name, not of jingoism, but of justice
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We want a society in which we are free to make choices, to make mistakes, to be generous and compassionate. That is what we mean by a moral society - not a society in which the State is responsible for everything, and no one is responsible for the State.
Margaret Thatcher
There is no such thing as society.
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