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The mission of this government is much more than the promotion of economic progress. It is to renew the spirit and solidarity of the nation.
Margaret Thatcher
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Margaret Thatcher
Age: 87 †
Born: 1925
Born: October 13
Died: 2013
Died: April 8
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The first step in calculating which way to go is to find out where you are.
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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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Please don't use the word tough. People might get the impression that I don't care. And I do care, very deeply. Resilient, I think.
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Bribing regimes to comply with requirements which they should have acknowledged in the first place is not a process that appeals to me.
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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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Constitutions have to be written on hearts, not just paper.
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A leader is someone who knows what they want to achieve and can communicate that.
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Dictators can be deterred, they can be crushed - but they can never be appeased.
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As prime minister, I worked closely with Ronald Reagan for eight of the most important years of all our lives. We talked regularly both before and after his presidency. And I have had time and cause to reflect on what made him a great president.
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Remember the 'Parable of the Talents' in the New Testament? Christ exhorts us to be the best we can be by developing our skills and abilities, by succeeding in all our tasks and endeavors. What better description can there be of capitalism?
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The desire to win is born in most of us. The will to win is a matter of training. The manner of winning is a matter of honour.
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You and I come by road or rail, but economists travel on infrastructure.
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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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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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Being democratic is not enough, a majority cannot turn what is wrong into right. In order to be considered truly free, countries must also have a deep love of liberty and an abiding respect for the rule of law.
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We had to do what we had to do - Britain is great again.
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I had the patriotic conviction that, given great leadership of the sort I heard from Winston Churchill in the radio broadcasts to which we listened, there was almost nothing that the British people could not do.
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