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[When asked how it felt to be a female prime minister:] I don't know: I've never experienced the alternative.
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'll stay until I'm tired of it. So long as Britain needs me, I shall never be tired of it.
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I like Mr Gorbachev, we can do business together.
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