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 THATCHERWhat 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.
More Margaret Thatcher Quotes
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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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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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The larger Europe grows, the more diverse must be the forms of co-operation it requires.
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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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Being Prime Minister is a lonely job. In a sense, it ought to be: you cannot lead from the crowd.
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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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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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A week is a long time in politics.
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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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You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.
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And I will go on criticizing Socialism, and opposing Socialism because it is bad for Britain.
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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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If you set out to be liked, you will accomplish nothing.
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When people are free to choose, they choose freedom.
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Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.
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