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John Gummer just did not have the political clout or credibility to rally the troops. I had appointed him as a sort of nightwatchman, but he seemed to have to sleep on the job.
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've got my teeth into him, and I'm not going to let go.
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Young people ought not to be idle, it is very bad for them.
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I never hugged him, I bombed him.
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A man may climb Everest for himself, but at the summit he plants his country's flag.
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There are too few rich and too few profits.
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Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true.
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If you are guided by opinion polls, you are not practicing leadership -- you are practicing followership.
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In the same period that the Americans have lived under one constitution our French friends notched up five. A Punch cartoon has a 19th century Englishman asking a librarian for a copy of the French constitution, only to be told: 'I am sorry Sir, we do not stock periodicals.'
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A democratic Europe of nation states could be a force for liberty, enterprise and open trade. But, if creating a United States of Europe overrides these goals, the new Europe will be one of subsidy and protection
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Socialist governments traditionally do make a financial mess. They always run out of other people's money. It's quite a characteristic of them.
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We shall take whatever action is necessary to contain the growth of the money supply. The government, unlike so many of its predecessors, will face up to economic realities.
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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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Countries trade with each other - or to be more precise people buy and sell from each other across frontiers - because that is the way to advance their interests. We do not need to beg people to trade with us - as long as we have something that people want, of a quality they expect and at a price they are prepared to pay.
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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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A bully has no respect for a weakling and the way to stop a bully is not to be weak. The way to stop a bully from ever being a bully is to say: I'm as strong as you. Anything you do to me, I can do to you. We are going for nuclear and conventional disarmament but we're going about it in the right way.
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The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples' money.
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There might be new technology, but technological progress itself was nothing new - and over the years it had not destroyed jobs, but created them.
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I owe nothing to Women's Lib.
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