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The Russians put guns before butter. We put just about everything before guns.
Margaret Thatcher
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Margaret Thatcher
Age: 87 †
Born: 1925
Born: October 13
Died: 2013
Died: April 8
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No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions he had money as well.
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What happened in Russia in 1917 wasn't a revolution - it was a coup d'etat.
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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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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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We should not expect the state to appear in the guise of an extravagant good fairy at every christening, a loquacious companion at every stage of life's journey, and the unknown mourner at every funeral.
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What great cause would have been fought and won under the banner 'I stand for consensus'?
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You can't buck the market.
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Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.
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We intend freedom and justice to conquer. Yes, we do have a creed and we wish others to share it. But it is not part of our policy to impose our beliefs by force or threat of force.
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When you've spent half your political life dealing with humdrum issues like the environment, it's exciting to have a real crisis on your hands.
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Being powerful is a lot like being a woman: If you have to tell someone that you are, invariably, you are not.
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Consensus is the negation of leadership.
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I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near.
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There are always dangers about. Therefore you must always keep your defences strong.
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Life's greatest reward is life itself
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We do not believe that if you cut back what government does you diminish its authority. On the contrary, a government that did less, and therefore did better, would strengthen its authority.
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No Western nation has to build a wall round itself to keep its people in.
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There are too few rich and too few profits.
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