Margaret Thatcher
British Prime Minister (1979-1990)
Lived from: 1925 - 2013
Category: Politics Country: 
United Kingdom
Born: 13 october 1925 Died: 8 april 2013
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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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Most women defend themselves. It is the female of the species - it is the tigress and lioness in you - which tends to defend when attacked.
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No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he only had good intentions. He had money as well.
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Of course, it is the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.
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One of the things being in politics has taught me is that men are not a reasoned or reasonable sex.
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One only gets to the top rung of the ladder by steadily climbing up one at a time, and suddenly all sorts of powers, all sorts of abilities which you thought never belonged to you - suddenly become within your own possibility and you think, ''Well, I'll have a go, too.''
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Pennies do not come from heaven. They have to be earned here on earth.
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People think that at the top there isn't much room. They tend to think of it as an Everest. My message is that there is tons of room at the top.
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Power is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.
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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 battle for women's rights has been largely won.
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The cocks may crow, but it's the hen that lays the egg.
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The spirit of envy can destroy; it can never build.
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There can be no liberty unless there is economic liberty.
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There is no such thing as society: there are individual men and women, and there are families.
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This lady is not for turning.
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To me, consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies. So it is something in which no one believes and to which no one objects.
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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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What Britain needs is an iron lady.
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You don't tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive.
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