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> [Left-wing zealots have often been prepared to ride roughshod over due process and basic considerations of fairness when they think they can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/left-wing-zealots-have-often-been-prepared-to-ride-roughshod-over-due/)

[Margaret Thatcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-thatcher/)

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> [The fact that seasoned politicians can say such ridiculous things - and get away with it - illustrates the degree to which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/the-fact-that-seasoned-politicians-can-say-such-ridiculous-things-and/)

[Margaret Thatcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-thatcher/)

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> [But the whole history of America is quite different from Europe. People went there to get away from the intolerance and constraints…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/but-the-whole-history-of-america-is-quite-different-from-europe/)

[Margaret Thatcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-thatcher/)

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## More by Margaret Thatcher

> [When you stop a dictator, there are always risks. But there are greater risks in not stopping a dictator.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/when-you-stop-a-dictator-there-are-always-risks-but-there-are-greater/)

[Margaret Thatcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-thatcher/)

> [Ideally, when Christians meet, as Christians do, to take counsel together, their purpose is not ( or should not be) to ascertain what is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/ideally-when-christians-meet-as-christians-do-to-take-counsel/)

[Margaret Thatcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-thatcher/)

> [There are dangers in consensus: it could be an attempt to satisfy people holding no particular views about anything. ... No great party can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/there-are-dangers-in-consensus-it-could-be-an-attempt-to-satisfy/)

[Margaret Thatcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-thatcher/)

> [If it's me against 48, I feel sorry for the 48.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/if-it-s-me-against-48-i-feel-sorry-for-the-48/)

[Margaret Thatcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-thatcher/)

> [ \[When asked how it felt to be a female prime minister:\] I don't know: I've never experienced the alternative. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/when-asked-how-it-felt-to-be-a-female-prime-minister-i-don-t-know-i/)

[Margaret Thatcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-thatcher/)

> [It is sometimes said that because of our past we, as a people, expect too much and set our sights too high. That is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/it-is-sometimes-said-that-because-of-our-past-we-as-a-people-expect/)

[Margaret Thatcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-thatcher/)

> [Unless we change our ways and our direction, our greatness as a nation will soon be a footnote in the history books, a distant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/unless-we-change-our-ways-and-our-direction-our-greatness-as-a-nation/)

[Margaret Thatcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-thatcher/)

> [I don't think any woman in power really has a happy life unless she's got a large number of women friends ... because you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/i-don-t-think-any-woman-in-power-really-has-a-happy-life-unless-she-s/)

[Margaret Thatcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-thatcher/)

> [People from my sort of background needed grammar schools to compete with children from privileged homes like Shirley Williams and Anthony Wedgwood Benn.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/people-from-my-sort-of-background-needed-grammar-schools-to-compete/)

[Margaret Thatcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-thatcher/)

> [What is success? I think it is a mixture of having a flair for the thing that you are doing; knowing that it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/what-is-success-i-think-it-is-a-mixture-of-having-a-flair-for-the/)

[Margaret Thatcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-thatcher/)

> [Personal virtue is no substitute for political hard-headedness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/personal-virtue-is-no-substitute-for-political-hard-headedness/)

[Margaret Thatcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-thatcher/)

> [The Government wants a peaceful settlement. But we totally reject a peaceful sell-out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/the-government-wants-a-peaceful-settlement-but-we-totally-reject-a/)

[Margaret Thatcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-thatcher/)

> [Major international interventions are doomed unless the US is directly or indirectly involved. But if American politicians, officials and servicemen are to be put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/major-international-interventions-are-doomed-unless-the-us-is/)

[Margaret Thatcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-thatcher/)

> [We have made too much of one or two people, and we think that they can win or lose elections for us. Don't be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/we-have-made-too-much-of-one-or-two-people-and-we-think-that-they-can/)

[Margaret Thatcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-thatcher/)

> [I pay tribute to John Major's achievement in persuading the other 11 Community Heads of Government that they could move ahead to a Social…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/i-pay-tribute-to-john-major-s-achievement-in-persuading-the-other-11/)

[Margaret Thatcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-thatcher/)

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