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We should not expect the state to appear in the guise of an extravagant good fairy at every christening, a loquacious companion at every stage of life's journey, and the unknown mourner at every funeral.
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 owe a great deal to the church for everything in which I believe. I am very glad that I was brought up strictly. I was a very serious child. There was not a lot of fun and sparkle in my life.
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Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.
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Business success isn't just a selfish aim. Profits spread beyond those who make them and bring jobs and prosperity.
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All attempts to destroy democracy by terrorism will fail. It must be business as usual.
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Young people ought not to be idle, it is very bad for them.
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Isn't a policy of conventional weapons, with the terrible bombs raining down, with the missiles, with the aircraft, with the submarines, with the torpedoes, with the tanks, with chemical weapons - isn't that based on the possibility of threat?
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We have made too much of one or two people, and we think that they can win or lose elections for us. Don't be depressed if one particular person transgresses. It doesn't lose an election unless the Party loses faith in itself.
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You can't lead from the crowd.
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Pennies do not come from heaven. They have to be earned here on earth.
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The secret of happiness is to live within your income and pay your bills on time.
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Israel must never be expected to jeopardize her security: if she was ever foolish enough to do so, and then suffered for it, the backlash against both honest brokers and Palestinians would be immense - 'land for peace' must also bring peace.
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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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Consensus is the absence of leadership.
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What happened in Russia in 1917 wasn't a revolution - it was a coup d'etat.
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No theory of government was ever given a fairer test or a more prolonged experiment in a democratic country than democratic socialism received in Britain. Yet it was a miserable failure in every respect... To cure the British disease with socialism was like trying to cure leukemia with leeches.
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I think perhaps we manage our revolutions much more quietly in this country.
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And what a prize we have to fight for: no less than the chance to banish from our land the dark divisive clouds of Marxist socialism.
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[On Ronald Reagan:] Poor dear, there's nothing between his ears.
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