New ideas are created when they can be discussed freely, but if there is a correct view then you cease to have new ideas.
MARGARET THATCHERI am extraordinarily patient provided I get my own way in the end.
More Margaret Thatcher Quotes
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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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Give me six men and true, and I will get policies through.
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Don’t follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you.
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It’s no time to be wobbly, Geo.
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I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.
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Feminists hate me, don’t they? And I don’t blame them. For I hate feminism. It is poison.
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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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Those who were born at the depths of one great crisis who would be able to cope with the next.
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Socialists are happy until they run out of other people’s money.
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Global warming provides a marvelous excuse for global socialism.
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Well, there’s a lot to react against!
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A week is a long time in politics.
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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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If you can’t afford it, you can’t have it.
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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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Of course, it’s the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.
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I’m back, and you knew I was coming. On my way here I passed a cinema with the sign ‘The Mummy Returns’
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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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Politicians should resist the temptation to consider themselves experts in fields where they have no experience.
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It’s a funny old world.
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Freedom will destroy itself if it is not exercised within some sort of moral framework, somebody of shared beliefs, some spiritual heritage transmitted through the Church, the family, and the school.
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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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When people are free to choose, they choose freedom.
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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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Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren’t.
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I usually make up my mind about a man in ten seconds, and I very rarely change it.
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