No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he’d only had good intentions; he had money as well.
MARGARET THATCHERNew ideas are created when they can be discussed freely, but if there is a correct view then you cease to have new ideas.
More Margaret Thatcher Quotes
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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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Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.
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While the home must always be the center of one’s life, it should not be the boundary of one’s ambitions.
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If you set out to be liked, you will accomplish nothing.
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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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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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Well, there’s a lot to react against!
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I am extraordinarily patient provided I get my own way in the end.
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I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.
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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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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.
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Global warming provides a marvelous excuse for global socialism.
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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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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 usually make up my mind about a man in ten seconds, and I very rarely change it.
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