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 THATCHERTo wear your heart on your sleeve isn’t a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.
More Margaret Thatcher Quotes
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Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.
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Of course, it’s the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.
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I don’t think there will be a woman prime minister in my lifetime.
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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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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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I am extraordinarily patient provided I get my own way in the end.
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Global warming provides a marvelous excuse for global socialism.
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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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The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money.
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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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All collectivism is always conducive to oppression: it is only the victims who differ.
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If you can’t afford it, you can’t have it.
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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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I wasn’t lucky, I deserved it.
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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.
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