The facts of life are conservative.
MARGARET THATCHERIt used to be about trying to do something. Now it’s about trying to be someone.
More Margaret Thatcher Quotes
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If you set out to be liked, you will accomplish nothing.
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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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And I will go on criticizing Socialism, and opposing Socialism because it is bad for Britain.
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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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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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Any leader has to have a certain amount of steel in them, so I am not that put out being called the Iron Lady.
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I wasn’t lucky, I deserved it.
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If you just set out to be liked, you will be prepared to compromise on anything at any time and would achieve nothing.
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Politicians should resist the temptation to consider themselves experts in fields where they have no experience.
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Nazism (National Socialism) and communism (international socialism) were but two sides of the same coin.
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It’s a funny old world.
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It used to be about trying to do something. Now it’s about trying to be someone.
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Well, there’s a lot to react against!
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It’s no time to be wobbly, Geo.
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Give me six men and true, and I will get policies through.
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Christmas is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm circle of family and friends.
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Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.
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Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan.
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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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Those who were born at the depths of one great crisis who would be able to cope with the next.
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Nowadays there really is no primary poverty left in this country. In Western countries, we are left with the problems which aren’t poverty
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I am extraordinarily patient provided I get my own way in the end.
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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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No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he’d only had good intentions; he had money as well.
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New ideas are created when they can be discussed freely, but if there is a correct view then you cease to have new ideas.
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The larger Europe grows, the more diverse must be the forms of co-operation it requires.
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