Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.
MARGARET THATCHEROf course, it’s the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.
More Margaret Thatcher Quotes
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Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.
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I am extraordinarily patient provided I get my own way in the end.
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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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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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The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money.
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I don’t think there will be a woman prime minister in my lifetime.
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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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We have not successfully rolled back the frontiers of the state in Britain, only to see them reimposed at a European level with a European super-state exercising a new dominance from Brussels.
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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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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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Don’t follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you.
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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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Being Prime Minister is a lonely job. In a sense, it ought to be: you cannot lead from the crowd.
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Give me six men and true, and I will get policies through.
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