Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren’t.
MARGARET THATCHERDo 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?
More Margaret Thatcher Quotes
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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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Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.
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You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.
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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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While the home must always be the center of one’s life, it should not be the boundary of one’s ambitions.
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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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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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I am extraordinarily patient provided I get my own way in the end.
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Socialists are happy until they run out of other people’s money.
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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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If you set out to be liked, you will accomplish nothing.
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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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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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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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The larger Europe grows, the more diverse must be the forms of co-operation it requires.
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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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Global warming provides a marvelous excuse for global socialism.
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I don’t think there will be a woman prime minister in my lifetime.
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A week is a long time in politics.
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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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Those who were born at the depths of one great crisis who would be able to cope with the next.
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The problem with socialists is that they always run out of other people’s money.
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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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Of course, it’s the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.
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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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