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Political success is a good deal pleasanter than political failure, but it too brings its problems.
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 love his music because he was my generation. But then again, Elvis is everyone's generation, and he always will be.
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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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Freedom will destroy itself if it is not exercised within some sort of moral framework, some body of shared beliefs, some spiritual heritage transmitted through the Church, the family, and the school.
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The battle for women's rights has largely been won. The days when they were demanded and discussed in strident tones should be gone forever. I hate those strident tones we hear from some Women's Libbers.
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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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The spirit of envy can destroy it can never build.
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In those days one advantage of being a woman was that there was a basic courtesy towards us on which we could draw - something which today's feminists have largely dissipated.
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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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