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Margaret Thatcher quotes: Socialists are happy until they run out of other people's money. Socialists are happy until they run out of other people's money.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: Personal abuse is no substitute for policy. It signals panic. Personal abuse is no substitute for policy. It signals panic.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story. Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: Consensus is the absence of leadership. Consensus is the absence of leadership.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: The Government wants a peaceful settlement. But we totally reject a peaceful sell-out. The Government wants a peaceful settlement. But we totally reject a peaceful sell-out.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: When you stop a dictator, there are always risks. But there are greater risks in not stopping a dictator. When you stop a dictator, there are always risks. But there are greater risks in not stopping a dictator.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: Misgovernment ... will often be reflected in oppressive or aggressive policies towards groups within the state or towards the state's neighbours. Misgovernment ... will often be reflected in oppressive or aggressive policies towards groups within the state or towards the state's neighbours.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: We do not achieve happiness or salvation in isolation from each other but as members of society We do not achieve happiness or salvation in isolation from each other but as members of society
Margaret Thatcher quotes: I can't bear Britain in decline. I just can't. I can't bear Britain in decline. I just can't.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: I am not hard - I'm frightfully soft. But I will not be hounded I am not hard - I'm frightfully soft. But I will not be hounded
Margaret Thatcher quotes: There is nothing inevitable about rising unemployment. There is nothing inevitable about rising unemployment.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: Any leader has to have a certain amount of steel in them, so I am not that put out being called the Iron Lady. Any leader has to have a certain amount of steel in them, so I am not that put out being called the Iron Lady.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: I calculate that I was responsible for proposing the elevation to the Lords of some 214 of its present numbers. I calculate that I was responsible for proposing the elevation to the Lords of some 214 of its present numbers.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: I might have preferred iron, but bronze will do. It won't rust. And, this time I hope, the head will stay on. I might have preferred iron, but bronze will do. It won't rust. And, this time I hope, the head will stay on.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: There are no personal sympathies in politics. There are no personal sympathies in politics.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: Occupied Falklands are the thorn in my balls Occupied Falklands are the thorn in my balls
Margaret Thatcher quotes: Europe will never be like America. Europe is a product of history. America is a product of philosophy. Europe will never be like America. Europe is a product of history. America is a product of philosophy.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: The spirit of envy can destroy; it can never build. The spirit of envy can destroy; it can never build.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: No Western nation has to build a wall round itself to keep its people in. No Western nation has to build a wall round itself to keep its people in.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: I hate feminism. It is poison, I hate feminism. It is poison,
Margaret Thatcher quotes: Advisers advise, and ministers decide. Advisers advise, and ministers decide.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: If your only opportunity is to be equal then it is not opportunity. If your only opportunity is to be equal then it is not opportunity.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: You and I come by road or rail, but economists travel on infrastructure. You and I come by road or rail, but economists travel on infrastructure.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: I've got a woman's ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves it. I've got a woman's ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves it.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: When people are free to choose, they choose freedom When people are free to choose, they choose freedom
Margaret Thatcher quotes: If you are guided by opinion polls, you are not practicing leadership you are practicing followership. If you are guided by opinion polls, you are not practicing leadership
you are practicing followership.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it. You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy. Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end. I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: The patronage state is an arrogant state. It assumes it can spend your money better than you do. Yet it expects you to work for it in the first place. The patronage state is an arrogant state. It assumes it can spend your money better than you do. Yet it expects you to work for it in the first place.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: [When asked how it felt to be a female prime minister:] I don't know: I've never experienced the alternative. [When asked how it felt to be a female prime minister:] I don't know: I've never experienced the alternative.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: If you just set out to be liked, you will be prepared to compromise on anything at anytime, and would achieve nothing. If you just set out to be liked, you will be prepared to compromise on anything at anytime, and would achieve nothing.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: Hope is no basis for a defense policy. Hope is no basis for a defense policy.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: I've learned one thing in politics. You don't take a decision until you have to. I've learned one thing in politics. You don't take a decision until you have to.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: Good Conservatives always pay their bills. And on time. Not like the Socialists who run up other people's bills. Good Conservatives always pay their bills. And on time. Not like the Socialists who run up other people's bills.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: If there is one instance in which a foreign policy I pursued met with unambiguous failure, it was my policy on German reunification. If there is one instance in which a foreign policy I pursued met with unambiguous failure, it was my policy on German reunification.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: The application of collective guilt, running from one generation to another, is a dangerous doctrine which would leave few modern nations unscathed. The application of collective guilt, running from one generation to another, is a dangerous doctrine which would leave few modern nations unscathed.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: Life in a free society ... is heaven on earth to life in a socialist society such as Russia. Life in a free society ... is heaven on earth to life in a socialist society such as Russia.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: The battle for women's rights has been largely won. The battle for women's rights has been largely won.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: All the general propositions favouring freedom I had .. imbibed at my father's knee or acquired by candle-end reading of Burke and Hayek ... All the general propositions favouring freedom I had .. imbibed at my father's knee or acquired by candle-end reading of Burke and Hayek ...
Margaret Thatcher quotes: I owe nothing to Women's Lib. I owe nothing to Women's Lib.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: That is what capitalism is: a system that brings wealth to the many, not just the few. That is what capitalism is: a system that brings wealth to the many, not just the few.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: I have never knowingly made a non-controversial speech in my life. I have never knowingly made a non-controversial speech in my life.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: Business success isn't just a selfish aim. Profits spread beyond those who make them and bring jobs and prosperity. Business success isn't just a selfish aim. Profits spread beyond those who make them and bring jobs and prosperity.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: We're saying to anyone who dares to attack us, Do not do it, you couldn't win, the result would be devastating! I think you're saying the same. We're saying to anyone who dares to attack us, Do not do it, you couldn't win, the result would be devastating! I think you're saying the same.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: Why do you climb philosophical hills? Because they are worth climbing ... There are no hills to go down unless you start from the top. Why do you climb philosophical hills? Because they are worth climbing ... There are no hills to go down unless you start from the top.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: Wars are not caused by the buildup of weapons. They are caused when an aggressor believes he can achieve his objectives at an acceptable price. Wars are not caused by the buildup of weapons. They are caused when an aggressor believes he can achieve his objectives at an acceptable price.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: Being powerful is a lot like being a woman: If you have to tell someone that you are, invariably, you are not. Being powerful is a lot like being a woman: If you have to tell someone that you are, invariably, you are not.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: It is no exaggeration to describe plain English as a fundamental tool of government. It is no exaggeration to describe plain English as a fundamental tool of government.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: I can cope with nine of them, so they ought to be able to stand one of me. They could end the tiresomeness and stubbornness by giving me what I I can cope with nine of them, so they ought to be able to stand one of me. They could end the tiresomeness and stubbornness by giving me what I want.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: Bribing regimes to comply with requirements which they should have acknowledged in the first place is not a process that appeals to me. Bribing regimes to comply with requirements which they should have acknowledged in the first place is not a process that appeals to me.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: Most women are far more intelligent than people give them credit for. Most women are far more intelligent than people give them credit for.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: Never believe that technology alone will allow America to prevail as a superpower. Never believe that technology alone will allow America to prevail as a superpower.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: To cure the British disease with socialism was like trying to cure leukaemia with leeches. To cure the British disease with socialism was like trying to cure leukaemia with leeches.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: I'll stay until I'm tired of it. So long as Britain needs me, I shall never be tired of it. I'll stay until I'm tired of it. So long as Britain needs me, I shall never be tired of it.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: Being prime minister is a lonely job ... you cannot lead from the crowd. Being prime minister is a lonely job ... you cannot lead from the crowd.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: Let our children grow tall and some taller than others if they have it in them to do so. Let our children grow tall and some taller than others if they have it in them to do so.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: No great goal was ever easily achieved. No great goal was ever easily achieved.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us. A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: You know the critical thing with the Communist countries is Communism, which by definition consists of control by the government. You know the critical thing with the Communist countries is Communism, which by definition consists of control by the government.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: You can't buck the market. You can't buck the market.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: You can't lead from the crowd. You can't lead from the crowd.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: Those who imagine that a politician would make a better figurehead than a hereditary monarch might perhaps make the acquaintance of more politicians. Those who imagine that a politician would make a better figurehead than a hereditary monarch might perhaps make the acquaintance of more politicians.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: The first step in calculating which way to go is to find out where you are. The first step in calculating which way to go is to find out where you are.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake. It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: You don't tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive. You don't tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: The wisdom of hindsight, so useful to historians and indeed to authors of memoirs, is sadly denied to practicing politicians. The wisdom of hindsight, so useful to historians and indeed to authors of memoirs, is sadly denied to practicing politicians.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: The United States is contributing massively to the defence of Europe and we should be very grateful. The United States is contributing massively to the defence of Europe and we should be very grateful.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: I am always on the job. I am always on the job.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: Working hard may not make you rich, but it should make you successful. Working hard may not make you rich, but it should make you successful.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: Give me six men and true, and I will get policies through. Give me six men and true, and I will get policies through.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: People are really rather afraid that this country might be rather swamped by people with a different culture. People are really rather afraid that this country might be rather swamped by people with a different culture.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan
Margaret Thatcher quotes: We are very fortunate to have someone else's weapons stationed on our soil, to fight those targeted on us. We are very fortunate to have someone else's weapons stationed on our soil, to fight those targeted on us.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: First you win the argument, then you win the vote. First you win the argument, then you win the vote.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: What Britain needs is an iron lady. What Britain needs is an iron lady.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: Inflation is the parent of unemployment and the unseen robber of those who have saved. Inflation is the parent of unemployment and the unseen robber of those who have saved.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: (Not) even the US can impose peace: it has to be genuinely accepted by both parties involved. (Not) even the US can impose peace: it has to be genuinely accepted by both parties involved.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: I was asked whether I was trying to restore Victorian values. I said straight out I was. And I am. I was asked whether I was trying to restore Victorian values. I said straight out I was. And I am.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: Economics are the method; the object is to change the soul. Economics are the method; the object is to change the soul.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't. Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: It pays to know the enemy - not least because at some time you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend. It pays to know the enemy - not least because at some time you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: A quick cure is a quack cure. A quick cure is a quack cure.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: How thin is the crust of order over the fires of human appetite and the lust for naked power. How thin is the crust of order over the fires of human appetite and the lust for naked power.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money. The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: It used to be about trying to do something. Now it's about trying to be someone. It used to be about trying to do something. Now it's about trying to be someone.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: A man who, beyond the age of 26, finds himself on a bus can count himself as a failure, A man who, beyond the age of 26, finds himself on a bus can count himself as a failure,
Margaret Thatcher quotes: Let us, then, draw together in the name, not of jingoism, but of justice Let us, then, draw together in the name, not of jingoism, but of justice
Margaret Thatcher quotes: I couldn't live without work. That's what makes me so sympathetic towards those people who are unemployed. I don't know how they live without working. I couldn't live without work. That's what makes me so sympathetic towards those people who are unemployed. I don't know how they live without working.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: It is your tax which pays for public spending. The government have no money of their own. There is only taxpayers' money. It is your tax which pays for public spending. The government have no money of their own. There is only taxpayers' money.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: Socialism is in no way a curate's egg Socialism is in no way a curate's egg
Margaret Thatcher quotes: And what a prize we have to fight for: no less than the chance to banish from our land the dark divisive clouds of Marxist socialism. And what a prize we have to fight for: no less than the chance to banish from our land the dark divisive clouds of Marxist socialism.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country. Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money. The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: I like Mr. Gorbachev, we can do business together. I like Mr. Gorbachev, we can do business together.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: Political success is a good deal pleasanter than political failure, but it too brings its problems. Political success is a good deal pleasanter than political failure, but it too brings its problems.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: Citizenship should be based on those who have a close and real relationship with this country and its inhabitants. Citizenship should be based on those who have a close and real relationship with this country and its inhabitants.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: In politics, If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman. In politics, If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: A leader is someone who knows what they want to achieve and can communicate that. A leader is someone who knows what they want to achieve and can communicate that.
Margaret Thatcher quotes: I seem to smell the stench of appeasement in the air. I seem to smell the stench of appeasement in the air.

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