Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It’s not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it’s when you’ve had everything to do, and you’ve done it.
MARGARET THATCHERStanding in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.
More Margaret Thatcher Quotes
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Do you know, one of the greatest problems of our age is that we are governed by people who care more about feelings than they do about thoughts and ideas?
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Of course, it’s the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.
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What is success? I think it is a mixture of having a flair for the thing that you are doing; knowing that it is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose.
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And I will go on criticizing Socialism, and opposing Socialism because it is bad for Britain.
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A week is a long time in politics.
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It’s a funny old world.
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The problem with socialists is that they always run out of other people’s money.
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All collectivism is always conducive to oppression: it is only the victims who differ.
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It pays to know the enemy – not least because at some time you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend.
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Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan.
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Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.
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Being Prime Minister is a lonely job. In a sense, it ought to be: you cannot lead from the crowd.
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For every idealistic peacemaker willing to renounce his self-defense in favor of a weapons-free world, there is at least one warmaker anxious to exploit the other’s good intentions.
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Global warming provides a marvelous excuse for global socialism.
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Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren’t.
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