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Dictators can be deterred, they can be crushed - but they can never be appeased.
Margaret Thatcher
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Margaret Thatcher
Age: 87 †
Born: 1925
Born: October 13
Died: 2013
Died: April 8
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Former Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom
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A quick cure is a quack cure.
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I was asked whether I was trying to restore Victorian values. I said straight out I was. And I am.
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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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There can be no liberty unless there is economic liberty.
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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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As the former dissident Vladimir Bukovsky once remarked – referring to the Russian proverb to the effect that you cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs – he had seen plenty of broken eggs, but never tasted any omelette.
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The acid test of politics is not what you say at the hustings, but what you actually do in government.
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I'm not a good butcher but I've had to learn to carve the joint. People expect a new look.
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Wars are not caused by the buildup of weapons. They are caused when an aggressor believes he can achieve his objectives at an acceptable price.
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Socialists cry “Power to the people”, and raise the clenched fist as they say it. We all know what they really mean - power over people, power to the State.
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I think, historically, the term 'Thatcherism' will be seen as a compliment.
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Working hard may not make you rich, but it should make you successful.
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Object to merit and distinction, and you're setting your face against quality, independence, originality, genius against all the richness and variety of life. When you hold back the successful, you penalize those who need help.
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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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I believe our way of life is infinitely superior for every human being than any which the Communist creed can offer.
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Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan.
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Those who imagine that a politician would make a better figurehead than a hereditary monarch might perhaps make the acquaintance of more politicians.
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I want a capital-earning democracy. Every man and woman a capitalist. Housing is the start. If you're a man or woman of property, you've got something. So every man a capitalist, and every man a man of property.
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The Russians are bent on world dominance, and they are rapidly acquiring the means to become the most powerful imperial nation the world has seen. The men in the Soviet Politburo do not have to worry about the ebb and flow of public opinion. They put guns before butter, while we put just about everything before guns.
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Putting the World to Rights
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