Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.
MARGARET THATCHERI am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.
More Margaret Thatcher Quotes
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Give me six men and true, and I will get policies through.
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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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I usually make up my mind about a man in ten seconds, and I very rarely change 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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Those who were born at the depths of one great crisis who would be able to cope with the next.
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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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The problem with socialists is that they always run out of other people’s money.
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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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In politics, If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.
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I don’t think there will be a woman prime minister in my lifetime.
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Of course, it’s the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.
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Well, there’s a lot to react against!
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The facts of life are conservative.
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And I will go on criticizing Socialism, and opposing Socialism because it is bad for Britain.
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