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[On Ronald Reagan:] Poor dear, there's nothing between his ears.

Margaret Thatcher

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Margaret Thatcher
Age: 87 †
Born: 1925
Born: October 13
Died: 2013
Died: April 8
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Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true.
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Marxists get up early to further their cause. We must get up even earlier to defend our freedom.
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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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Why do you climb philosophical hills? Because they are worth climbing . . . There are no hills to go down unless you start from the top.
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Life in a free society...is heaven on earth to life in a socialist society such as Russia.
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No great goal was ever easily achieved.
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