Candle Quote by Margaret Thatcher

“All the general propositions favouring freedom I had .. imbibed at my father's knee or acquired by candle-end reading of Burke and Hayek...” quote by Margaret Thatcher — Download Open image

“All the general propositions favouring freedom I had .. imbibed at my father's knee or acquired by candle-end reading of Burke and Hayek...”

Margaret Thatcher

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