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Author:Margaret Thatcher

“Where there is discord may we bring harmony. Where there is error, may we bring truth. Where there is doubt, may we bring faith. Where there is despair, may we bring hope.”

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Author:Francis of Assisi

“We have become a grandmother.”

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Author:Margaret Thatcher

“We want a society in which we are free to make choices, to make mistakes, to be generous and compassionate. That is what we mean by a moral society - not a society in which the State is responsible for everything, and no one is responsible for the State.”

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Author:Margaret Thatcher

“Defeat? I do not recognize the meaning of the word.”

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Author:Margaret Thatcher

“You turn if you want to. The Lady's not for turning.”

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Author:Margaret Thatcher

“There is no such thing as society, there is a living tapestry of men and women and the beauty of that tapestry, and the quality of our lives, will depend upon how much each of us is prepared to take responsibility for ourselves and to turn round and help, by our own efforts, those who are unfortunate. There's no such thing as entitlement unless someone has first met an obligation”

“I like Mr Gorbachev, we can do business together.”

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Author:Margaret Thatcher

“If you want something done, ask a busy person.”

“Economics are the method; the object is to change the soul.”

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Book:As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations

Source: As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations

“My policies are based not on some economics theory, but on things I and millions like me were brought up with: an honest day's work for an honest day's pay; live within your means; put by a nest egg for a rainy day; pay your bills on time; support the police.”

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Author:Margaret Thatcher

“A man may climb Everest for himself, but at the summit he plants his country's flag.”

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Book:The collected speeches of Margaret Thatcher

Source: The collected speeches of Margaret Thatcher

“And what a prize we have to fight for: no less than the chance to banish from our land the dark divisive clouds of Marxist socialism.”

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Book:As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations

Source: As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations

“We had to fight the enemy without in the Falklands. We always have to be aware of the enemy within, which is much more difficult to fight and more dangerous to liberty.”

Fighting Difficult Liberty Enemy Dangerous Conservative Iron Lady Enemy Within Falklands

Author:Margaret Thatcher

“I was asked whether I was trying to restore Victorian values. I said straight out I was. And I am.”

Trying Said Values Victorian Iron Lady

Book:As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations

Source: As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations

“When you've spent half your political life dealing with humdrum issues like the environment, it's exciting to have a real crisis on your hands.”

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Author:Margaret Thatcher

“I came to office with one deliberate intent: to change Britain from a dependent to a self-reliant society - from a give-it-to-me, to a do-it-yourself nation. A get-up-and-go, instead of a sit-back-and-wait-for-it Britain.”

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Author:Margaret Thatcher

“Ladies and gentlemen, I stand before you tonight in my … chiffon evening gown, my face softly made up, my fair hair gently waved, the Iron Lady of the Western world. Me? A Cold War warrior? … Well, yes — if that is how they wish to interpret my defense of values of freedoms fundamental to our way of life.”

“There is no week, nor day, nor hour, when tyranny may not enter upon this country, if the people lose their supreme confidence in themselves, and lose their roughness and spirit of defiance. Tyranny may always enter—there is no charm or bar against it.”

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Author:Margaret Thatcher

“Gentlemen, if we don't cut spending we will be bankrupt. Yes, the medicine is harsh, but the patient requires it in order to live. Should we withhold the medicine? No. We are not wrong. We did not seek election and win in order to manage the decline of a great nation.”

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Author:Margaret Thatcher

“We will stand on principle or we will not stand at all.”

Principles Iron Lady

Author:Margaret Thatcher

“If you make the tough decisions, people will hate you today. But they will thank you for generations.”

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Author:Meryl Streep

“There's no such thing as society.”

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Author:Margaret Thatcher

“I might have preferred iron - but bronze will do. It won't rust. This time I hope, the head will stay on.”

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Author:Margaret Thatcher

“I never hugged him, I bombed him.”

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Author:Margaret Thatcher

“It's the Labour Government that have brought us record peacetime taxation. They've got the usual Socialist disease - they've run out of other people's money.”

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Author:Margaret Thatcher

“All attempts to destroy democracy by terrorism will fail. It must be business as usual.”

Democracy Failing Terrorism Usual Iron Lady

Book:The revival of Britain: speeches on home and European affairs, 1975-1988

Source: The revival of Britain: speeches on home and European affairs, 1975-1988

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