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The choice facing the nation is between two totally different ways of life. 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 and bring together men and women from all walks of life who share a belief in freedom.

Margaret Thatcher

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Margaret Thatcher
Age: 87 †
Born: 1925
Born: October 13
Died: 2013
Died: April 8
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If you want to get something said in the politics tell a man. If you want to get something done in the politics tell a woman
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[On Ronald Reagan:] Poor dear, there's nothing between his ears.
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