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title: "32 States Quotes By Margaret Thatcher"
description: "32 States quotes by Margaret Thatcher. Plus more from Margaret Thatcher and more States sayings from other authors."
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> [When you take into public ownership a profitable industry the profits soon disappear. The goose that laid the golden eggs goes broody.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/when-you-take-into-public-ownership-a-profitable-industry-the-profits/)

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

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> [We have not successfully rolled back the frontiers of the state in Britain, only to see them re-imposed at a European level…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/we-have-not-successfully-rolled-back-the-frontiers-of-the-state-in/)

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

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> [The patronage state is an arrogant state. It assumes it can spend your money better than you do. Yet it expects you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/the-patronage-state-is-an-arrogant-state-it-assumes-it-can-spend-your/)

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

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> [The United States is contributing massively to the defence of Europe and we should be very grateful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/the-united-states-is-contributing-massively-to-the-defence-of-europe/)

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

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> [Let us never forget this fundamental truth: The State has no source of money other than the money people themselves earn.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/let-us-never-forget-this-fundamental-truth-the-state-has-no-source-of/)

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

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> [Under a Labour government, there's virtually nowhere you can put your savings where they would be safe from the state. ... If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/under-a-labour-government-there-s-virtually-nowhere-you-can-put-your/)

[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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> [Misgovernment...will often be reflected in oppressive or aggressive policies towards groups within the state or towards the state's neighbours.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/misgovernment-will-often-be-reflected-in-oppressive-or-aggressive/)

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

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> [We should not expect the state to appear in the guise of an extravagant good fairy at every christening, a loquacious companion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/we-should-not-expect-the-state-to-appear-in-the-guise-of-an/)

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

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> [We want a society in which we are free to make choices, to make mistakes, to be generous and compassionate. That is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/we-want-a-society-in-which-we-are-free-to-make-choices-to-make/)

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

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> [I believe we should continue to have a partnership of national states each retaining the right to protect its vital interests, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/i-believe-we-should-continue-to-have-a-partnership-of-national-states/)

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

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> [Whether it is in the United States or in mainland Europe, written constitutions have one great weakness. That is that they contain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/whether-it-is-in-the-united-states-or-in-mainland-europe-written/)

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

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> [A democratic Europe of nation states could be a force for liberty, enterprise and open trade. But, if creating a United States…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/a-democratic-europe-of-nation-states-could-be-a-force-for-liberty/)

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

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> [Rogue states never turn out to be quite the pariahs they are deemed. They are only able to cause, or at least…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/rogue-states-never-turn-out-to-be-quite-the-pariahs-they-are-deemed/)

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

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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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> [We must not fall into the trap of projecting our own morality onto the Soviet leaders. They do not share our aspirations,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/we-must-not-fall-into-the-trap-of-projecting-our-own-morality-onto/)

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

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> [We believe in a free Europe, not a standardised Europe. Diminish that variety within the member states, and you impoverish the whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/we-believe-in-a-free-europe-not-a-standardised-europe-diminish-that/)

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

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

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

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> [ \[M\]ore than they wanted freedom, the Athenians wanted security. Yet they lost everything-security, comfort, and freedom. This was because they wanted not… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/m-ore-than-they-wanted-freedom-the-athenians-wanted-security-yet-they/)

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

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> [Our children need strong families raising them with sturdy virtues, not to be smothered in the cold arms of the state.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/our-children-need-strong-families-raising-them-with-sturdy-virtues/)

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

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> [I am an undiluted admirer of American values and the American dream and I believe they will continue to inspire not just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/i-am-an-undiluted-admirer-of-american-values-and-the-american-dream/)

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

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> [It is in a country's interests to keep faith with its allies. States in this sense are like people. If you have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/it-is-in-a-country-s-interests-to-keep-faith-with-its-allies-states/)

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

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> [I am an ally of the United States. We believe the same things, we believe passionately in the same battle of ideas,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/i-am-an-ally-of-the-united-states-we-believe-the-same-things-we/)

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

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> [Let us never forget this fundamental truth: the State has no source of money other than money which people earn themselves. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/let-us-never-forget-this-fundamental-truth-the-state-has-no-source-of-2/)

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

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> [Let me give you my vision: A man's right to work as he will, to spend what he earns, to own property,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/let-me-give-you-my-vision-a-man-s-right-to-work-as-he-will-to-spend/)

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

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> [ I hate extremes of any kind. Communism \[seeks\] the domination of the state over the individual... All my life I have stood… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/i-hate-extremes-of-any-kind-communism-seeks-the-domination-of-the/)

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

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> [I have made it quite clear that a unified Ireland was one solution that is out. A second solution was a confederation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/i-have-made-it-quite-clear-that-a-unified-ireland-was-one-solution/)

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

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> [At one end of the spectrum are the terrorist gangs within our borders, and the terrorist states which finance and arm them.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/at-one-end-of-the-spectrum-are-the-terrorist-gangs-within-our-borders/)

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

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> [Communist regimes were not some unfortunate aberration, some historical deviation from a socialist ideal. They were the ultimate expression, unconstrained by democratic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/communist-regimes-were-not-some-unfortunate-aberration-some/)

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

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> [For the Christian there can be no social or political panaceas, no easy escapes from personal responsibility achieved by collectivising guilt or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/for-the-christian-there-can-be-no-social-or-political-panaceas-no/)

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

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> [My first guiding principle is this: willing and active co-operation between independent sovereign states. Europe will be stronger precisely because it has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/my-first-guiding-principle-is-this-willing-and-active-co-operation/)

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

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> [You want to keep more of the money you earn? I'm afraid that's very selfish. We shall want to tax that away.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-thatcher/you-want-to-keep-more-of-the-money-you-earn-i-m-afraid-that-s-very/)

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

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## Other authors on States

## 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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                        "text": "[M]ore than they wanted freedom, the Athenians wanted security. Yet they lost everything-security, comfort, and freedom. This was because they wanted not to give to society, but for society to give to them. The freedom they were seeking was freedom from responsibility. It is no wonder, then, that they ceased to be free. In the modern world, we should recall the Athenians' dire fate whenever we confront demands for increased state paternalism.",
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                        "text": "Let us never forget this fundamental truth: the State has no source of money other than money which people earn themselves. If the State wishes to spend more it can do so only by borrowing your savings or by taxing you more. It is no good thinking that someone else will pay - that 'someone else' is you. There is no such thing as public money; there is only taxpayers' money.",
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                        "text": "Let me give you my vision: A man's right to work as he will, to spend what he earns, to own property, to have the state as servant and not as master. These are the British inheritance. They are the essence of a free country, and on that freedom all of our other freedoms depend.",
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                        "text": "I hate extremes of any kind. Communism [seeks] the domination of the state over the individual... All my life I have stood against banning Communism or other extremist organisations because, if you do that, they go underground and it gives them an excitement that they don't get if they are allowed to pursue their policies openly. We'll beat them into the ground on argument.",
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                        "text": "At one end of the spectrum are the terrorist gangs within our borders, and the terrorist states which finance and arm them. At the other are the hard left operating inside our system, conspiring to use union power and the apparatus of local government to break, defy and subvert the law.",
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                        "text": "For the Christian there can be no social or political panaceas, no easy escapes from personal responsibility achieved by collectivising guilt or virtue. The true ends of temporal life lie beyond it, and, though the tyrannical State may diminish virtue, the benevolent State cannot procure it.",
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                        "text": "My first guiding principle is this: willing and active co-operation between independent sovereign states. Europe will be stronger precisely because it has France as France, Spain as Spain, Britain as Britain, each with its own customs, traditions and identity. It would be folly to try to fit them into some sort of identikit European personality.",
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                        "text": "You want to keep more of the money you earn? I'm afraid that's very selfish. We shall want to tax that away. You want to own shares in your firm? We can't have that. The state has to own your firm. You want to choose where to send your children to school? That's very divisive. You'll send your child where we tell you.",
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