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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'm back... and you knew I was coming. On my way here I passed a cinema with the sign 'The Mummy Returns'.
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I think perhaps we manage our revolutions much more quietly in this country.
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We should not underestimate the enormity of the task which lies ahead. But little can be achieved without sound money. It is the bedrock of sound government.
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I owe nothing to Women's Lib.
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Communism produces neither dignity nor prosperity. It takes all power away from the people and places it in the hands of a self-appointed elite. And because it distorts and manipulates the distinctive talents of individuals rather than letting those talents flourish, it prevents progress and prosperity.
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Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing it's a day you've had everything to do and you've done it.
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We are a British nation with British characteristics. Every country can take some small minorities and in many ways they add to the richness and variety of this country. The moment the minority threatens to become a big one, people get frightened.
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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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When you stop a dictator, there are always risks. But there are greater risks in not stopping a dictator.
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For every idealistic peacemaker willing to renounce his self-defence in favour of a weapons-free world, there is at least one warmaker anxious to exploit the other's good intentions.
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I calculate that I was responsible for proposing the elevation to the Lords of some 214 of its present numbers.
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We are not in politics to ignore peoples' worries, we are in politics to deal with them.
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This business of the working class is on its way out I think. After all, aren't I working class? I work jolly hard, I can tell you.
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(A unified) 'Europe' is the result of plans. It is, in fact, a classic utopian project, a monument to the vanity of intellectuals, a programme whose inevitable destiny is failure: only the scale of the final damage done is in doubt.
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Israel must never be expected to jeopardize her security: if she was ever foolish enough to do so, and then suffered for it, the backlash against both honest brokers and Palestinians would be immense - 'land for peace' must also bring peace.
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Pennies do not come from heaven. They have to be earned here on earth.
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I like Mr Gorbachev, we can do business together.
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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.
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We were told our campaign wasn't sufficiently slick. We regard that as a compliment.
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