Nowadays there really is no primary poverty left in this country. In Western countries, we are left with the problems which aren’t poverty
MARGARET THATCHERAnd I will go on criticizing Socialism, and opposing Socialism because it is bad for Britain.
More Margaret Thatcher Quotes
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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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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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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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All collectivism is always conducive to oppression: it is only the victims who differ.
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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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Politicians should resist the temptation to consider themselves experts in fields where they have no experience.
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Of course, it’s the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.
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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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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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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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No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he’d only had good intentions; he had money as well.
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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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It’s a funny old world.
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