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I went to Oxford University - but I've never let that hold me back.
Margaret Thatcher
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Margaret Thatcher
Age: 87 †
Born: 1925
Born: October 13
Died: 2013
Died: April 8
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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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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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I must be absolutely clear about this. Britain cannot accept the present situation on the Budget. It is demonstrably unjust. It is politically indefensible: I cannot play Sister Bountiful to the Community while my own electorate are being asked to forego improvements in the fields of health, education, welfare and the rest.
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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.
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I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.
Margaret Thatcher
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.
Margaret Thatcher
When government does its job properly people are free to do theirs.
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No great goal was ever easily achieved.
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You and I come by road or rail, but economists travel on infrastructure.
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The spirit of envy can destroy it can never build.
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The first step in calculating which way to go is to find out where you are.
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To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan you should wear it inside, where it functions best.
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I owe a great deal to the church for everything in which I believe. I am very glad that I was brought up strictly. I was a very serious child. There was not a lot of fun and sparkle in my life.
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I will not stagger from expedient to expedient.
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[On George H.W. Bush:] By 1990 I had learned that I had to defer to him in conversation and not to stint the praise. If that was what was necessary to secure Britain's interests and influence, I had no hesitation in eating a little humble pie.
Margaret Thatcher
I seem to smell the stench of appeasement in the air.
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Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't.
Margaret Thatcher
A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us.
Margaret Thatcher
All attempts to destroy democracy by terrorism will fail. It must be business as usual.
Margaret Thatcher
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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