Margaret Thatcher quotes - page 4

What we should grasp, however, from the lessons of European history is that, first, there is nothing necessarily benevolent about programmes of European integration; second, the desire to achieve grand utopian plans often poses a grave threat to freedom; and third, European unity has been tried before, and the outcome was far from happy. (Margaret Thatcher)
I personally have always voted for the death penalty because I believe that people who go out prepared to take the lives of other people forfeit their own right to live. I believe that that death penalty should be used only very rarely, but I believe that no-one should go out certain that no matter how cruel, how vicious, how hideous their murder, they themselves will not suffer the death penalty. View quote
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I believe that the royal family are a focus of patriotism, of loyalty, of affection and of esteem. That is a rare combination, and we should value it highly. View quote
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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. View quote
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It is not our policy to suppress success. View quote
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I never hugged him, I bombed him. View quote
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They are all a rotten lot. Schmidt and the Americans and we are the only people who would do any standing up and fighting if necessary. View quote
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The feminists hate me, don't they? And I don't blame them. For I hate feminism. It is poison. View quote
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We shall have to learn again to be one nation, or one day we shall be no nation. View quote
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The nation is but an enlarged family. View quote
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It is a great night. It is the end of Socialism. (Margaret Thatcher)
All corporatism – even when practised in societies where hard work, enterprise and cooperation are as highly valued as in Korea – encourages inflexibility, discourages individual accountability, and risks magnifying errors by concealing them. View quote
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It is always important in matters of high politics to know what you do not know. Those who think they know, but are mistaken, and act upon their mistakes, are the most dangerous people to have in charge. View quote
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Nazism (national Socialism) and communism (international socialism) were but two sides of the same coin. View quote
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When people are free to choose, they choose freedom. View quote
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For every idealistic peacemaker willing to renounce his self-defence in favour of a weapons-free world, there is at least one warmaker anxious to exploit the other's good intentions. View quote
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Successful entrepreneurship is ultimately a matter of flair. But there is also a fund of practical knowledge to be acquired and, of course, the right legal and financial framework has to be provided for productive enterprise to develop. View quote
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Communism was the regime for the privileged elite, capitalism the creed for the common man. View quote
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Remember, George, this is no time to go wobbly. View quote
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In my work, you get used to criticisms. Of course you do, because there are a lot of people trying to get you down, but I always cheer up immensely if one is particularly wounding because I think well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left. That is why my father always taught me: never worry about anyone who attacks you personally; it means their arguments carry no weight and they know it. View quote
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A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us. (Margaret Thatcher)
It pays to know the enemy - not least because at some time you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend. View quote
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One of the things being in politics has taught me is that men are not a reasoned or reasonable sex. View quote
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The battle for women's rights has been largely won. The days when they were demanded and discussed in strident tones should be gone for ever. And I hope they are. I hated those strident tones that you still hear from some Women's Libbers'. View quote
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Marxists get up early to further their cause. We must get up even earlier to defend our freedom. View quote
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