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Government Quotes by Margaret Thatcher
- Economics are the method; the object is to change the soul.
- Whether manufactured by black, white, brown or yellow hands, a widget remains a widget – and it will be bought anywhere if the price and…
- Socialist governments traditionally do make a financial mess. They always run out of other people's money. It's quite a characteristic of them.
- The larger the slice taken by government, the smaller the cake available for everyone.
- If one generation is expected to carry an excessive burden on behalf of another, it will seek by every means to avoid it. It will…
- When all the objectives of government include the achievement of equality - other than equality before the law - that government poses a threat to…
- How very popular to say, 'spend more on this, expend more on that.' And of course, we all have our favorite causes; I know I…
- The government has no money of its own. It's all your money.
- It has been suggested by some people in this country that I and my Government will be a 'soft touch' in the Community. In case…
- Any attempts by any government to change Community legislation to its own wishes are doomed to failure following the extension of policy areas now subject…
- 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.
- We should not expect the state to appear in the guise of an extravagant good fairy at every christening, a loquacious companion at every stage…
- It is no exaggeration to describe plain English as a fundamental tool of government.
- When others spoke of the fear of war, you spoke of the need for warriors and peace through strength. When others bewailed the failure of…
- People constantly requesting government intervention are casting their problems at society. And, you know, there's no such thing as society. There are individual men and…
- Every family should have the right to spend their money, after tax, as they wish, and not as the government dictates. Let us extend choice,…
- The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples' money.
- Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.
- There are significant differences between the American and European version of capitalism. The American traditiionally emphasizes the need for limited government, light regulations, low taxes…
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- We have some material on spying by a major government on the tech industry. Industrial espionage. — Julian Assange
- Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision. — Dick Armey
- I am the constitutionally and legitimately elected sheriff, and I absolutely refuse to surrender my responsibility to the federal government. — Joe Arpaio
- The design of Rhetoric is to remove those Prejudices that lie in the way of Truth, to Reduce the Passions to the… — Mary Astell
- The problem with leaderless uprisings taking over is that you don't always know what you get at the other end. If you… — Chinua Achebe
- Television of course actually started in Britain in 1936, and it was a monopoly, and there was only one broadcaster and it… — David Attenborough
- In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery? — Saint Augustine
- Beginning to dismantle the Pentagon would save $1 trillion a year - a small government proposal if ever there was one. — Bill Ayers
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