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History has taught us that freedom cannot long survive unless it is based on moral foundations. You can get the economics right, but in addition liberty must be cultivated as a moral quality.
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 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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It is absolutely right that President Reagan considers SDI and thank goodness people considered nuclear research before the last war.
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I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.
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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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There is no such thing as society: there are individual men and women, and there are families.
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The Nuremburg trials were attacked at the time as 'victor's justice'. And this is precisely what they were - and were intended to be.
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If you want to get something said in the politics tell a man. If you want to get something done in the politics tell a woman
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We went back on a very similar manifesto to things I believe in. The difference is that after eighteen months to two years he did the biggest U-turn on policy of all time and started to go the wrong way. In the end, that cost us the next election.
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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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