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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.
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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[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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We do not achieve happiness or salvation in isolation from each other but as members of society
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I do not understand the unilateralists. If they hated nuclear weapons as much as I do they would want them down in the world as a whole. I am the true disarmer, I keep peace and freedom and justice with it.
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I think perhaps we manage our revolutions much more quietly in this country.
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I started out in life with two great advantages: No money and good parents.
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Consensus is the absence of leadership.
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Life's greatest reward is life itself
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Our judgement is that the presence of the Royal Marines garrison is sufficient deterrent against any possible aggression.
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[On Ronald Reagan:] Poor dear, there's nothing between his ears.
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There are some remarkable parallels between basketball and politics. Michael Jordan has already mastered the skill most needed for political success: how to stay aloft without visible means of support.
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It may be the cock that crows, but it is the hen that lays the eggs.
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I might have preferred iron - but bronze will do. It won't rust. This time I hope, the head will stay on.
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The mission of this government is much more than the promotion of economic progress. It is to renew the spirit and solidarity of the nation.
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