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The acid test of politics is not what you say at the hustings, but what you actually do in government.
Margaret Thatcher
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Margaret Thatcher
Age: 87 †
Born: 1925
Born: October 13
Died: 2013
Died: April 8
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Failure? The possibilities do not exist.
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To me consensus seems to be - the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies in search of something in which no-one believes, but to which no-one objects.
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The woman's mission is not to enhance the masculine spirit, but to express the feminine hers is not to preserve a man-made world, but to create a human world by the infusion of the feminine element into all of its activities.
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There is no such thing as society.
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If we are safe today, it is because America has stood with us. If we are to remain safe tomorrow, it will be because America remains powerful and self-confident. When, therefore, the Americans face difficulties, we need to say to them more clearly: We are with you.
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Ought we not to ask the media to agree among themselves a voluntary code of conduct, under which they would not say or show anything which could assist the terrorists' morale or their cause while the hijack lasted.
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Freedom under the law must never be taken for granted.
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Freedom is not synonymous with an easy life. ... There are many difficult things about freedom: It does not give you safety, it creates moral dilemmas for you it requires self-discipline it imposes great responsibilities but such is the nature of Man and in such consists his glory and salvation.
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I hope we shall see more ande more women combining marriage and a career. Prejudice against this dual role is not confined to men. I regret to say, it comes from our own sex.
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The Prime Minister is stealing our clothes but he is going to look pretty ridiculous walking around in mine.
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A man who, beyond the age of 26, finds himself on a bus can count himself as a failure.
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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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During my lifetime most of the problems the world has faced have come, in one fashion or another, from mainland Europe and the solution from outside it.
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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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Let our children grow tall and some taller than others if they have it in them to do so.
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I will not stagger from expedient to expedient.
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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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I would not wish to be Prime Minister, dear.
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I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.
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