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It is no exaggeration to describe plain English as a fundamental tool of government.
Margaret Thatcher
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Margaret Thatcher
Age: 87 †
Born: 1925
Born: October 13
Died: 2013
Died: April 8
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Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.
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The patronage state is an arrogant state. It assumes it can spend your money better than you do. Yet it expects you to work for it in the first place.
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Europe will never be like America. Europe is a product of history. America is a product of philosophy.
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I had the patriotic conviction that, given great leadership of the sort I heard from Winston Churchill in the radio broadcasts to which we listened, there was almost nothing that the British people could not do.
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I think, historically, the term 'Thatcherism' will be seen as a compliment.
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Consensus is the negation of leadership.
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I wasn't lucky. I deserved it.
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Forget that I'm a woman. Forget the accusations that I am a Right Winger demanding privilege - I had precious little privilege in my early years.
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I'm not a good butcher but I've had to learn to carve the joint. People expect a new look.
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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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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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The Prime Minister is stealing our clothes but he is going to look pretty ridiculous walking around in mine.
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