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Them Quotes by Margaret Thatcher
- There might be new technology, but technological progress itself was nothing new - and over the years it had not destroyed jobs, but created them.
- Young people ought not to be idle, it is very bad for them.
- We are not in politics to ignore peoples' worries, we are in politics to deal with them.
- Left-wing zealots have often been prepared to ride roughshod over due process and basic considerations of fairness when they think they can get away with…
- Socialist governments traditionally do make a financial mess. They always run out of other people's money. It's quite a characteristic of them.
- It is in a country's interests to keep faith with its allies. States in this sense are like people. If you have a reputation for…
- If the Europeans truly wish to improve their NATO contribution they can show it simply enough. They can establish professional armed forces, like those of…
- Let our children grow tall and some taller than others if they have it in them to do so.
- All corporatism – even when practised in societies where hard work, enterprise and cooperation are as highly valued as in Korea – encourages inflexibility, discourages…
- The feminists hate me, don't they? And I don't blame them. For I hate feminism. It is poison.
- We have not successfully rolled back the frontiers of the state in Britain, only to see them re-imposed at a European level with a European…
- Most women are far more intelligent than people give them credit for.
- 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…
- 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…
- I can cope with nine of them, so they ought to be able to stand one of me. They could end the tiresomeness and stubbornness…
- If we are safe today, it is because America has stood with us. If we are to remain safe tomorrow, it will be because America…
- There are still people in my party who believe in consensus politics. I regard them as Quislings, as traitors... I mean it.
- Any leader has to have a certain amount of steel in them, so I am not that put out being called the Iron Lady.
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- A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and… — Pietro Aretino
- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
- Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you and see… — Paul Auster