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.
MARGARET THATCHERA week is a long time in politics.
More Margaret Thatcher Quotes
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And I will go on criticizing Socialism, and opposing Socialism because it is bad for Britain.
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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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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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When people are free to choose, they choose freedom.
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Global warming provides a marvelous excuse for global socialism.
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Give me six men and true, and I will get policies through.
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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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Nazism (National Socialism) and communism (international socialism) were but two sides of the same coin.
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You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.
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Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.
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Socialists are happy until they run out of other people’s money.
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Don’t follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you.
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All collectivism is always conducive to oppression: it is only the victims who differ.
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Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan.
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It used to be about trying to do something. Now it’s about trying to be someone.
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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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If you set out to be liked, you will accomplish nothing.
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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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The larger Europe grows, the more diverse must be the forms of co-operation it requires.
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The facts of life are conservative.
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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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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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If you can’t afford it, you can’t have it.
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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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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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