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> [Some Socialists seem to believe that people should be numbers in a State computer. We believe they should be individuals. We are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/some-socialists-seem-to-believe-that-people-should-be-numbers-in-a/)

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

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> [Socialists cry “Power to the people”, and raise the clenched fist as they say it. We all know what they really mean…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/socialists-cry-power-to-the-people-and-raise-the-clenched-fist-as/)

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

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> [Socialists are happy until they run out of other people's money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/socialists-are-happy-until-they-run-out-of-other-people-s-money/)

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

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> [“The problem with socialists, is that they always run out of other people's money,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/the-problem-with-socialists-is-that-they-always-run-out-of-other/)

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

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> [Socialists don't like ordinary people choosing, for they might not choose Socialism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/socialists-don-t-like-ordinary-people-choosing-for-they-might-not/)

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

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> [Socialists have always spent much of their time seeking new titles for their beliefs, because the old versions so quickly become outdated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/socialists-have-always-spent-much-of-their-time-seeking-new-titles/)

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

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## Other authors on Socialists

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederic-bastiat-36131.jpg) Frederic Bastiat 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/socialists/frederic-bastiat/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-adolf-hitler-9531.jpg) Adolf Hitler 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/socialists/adolf-hitler/)
- [A.E. Samaan 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/socialists/a-e-samaan/)

## 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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