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?
MARGARET THATCHERFor 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.
More Margaret Thatcher Quotes
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I am extraordinarily patient provided I get my own way in the end.
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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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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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Socialists are happy until they run out of other people’s money.
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If you set out to be liked, you will accomplish nothing.
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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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Being Prime Minister is a lonely job. In a sense, it ought to be: you cannot lead from the crowd.
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Politicians should resist the temptation to consider themselves experts in fields where they have no experience.
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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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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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Christmas is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm circle of family and friends.
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I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.
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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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Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren’t.
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