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Quotes by Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher, born on October 13, 1925, in Grantham, England, was a transformative political leader who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990. Known as the "Iron Lady," she was the first woman to hold this position and became a symbol of conservative ideology and economic reform. Thatcher's tenure is marked by her staunch opposition to communism and advocacy for free-market policies, leaving a complex legacy that continues to influence British politics today. Her impact on global affairs and economic strategy remains significant, as documented in her biography.
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"The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples' money."
Margaret Thatcher
"I usually make up my mind about a man in ten seconds, and I very rarely change it."
Margaret Thatcher"There is no such thing as society: there are individual men and women, and there are families."
Margaret Thatcher
"It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake."
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 not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose."
Margaret Thatcher
"People think that at the top there isn't much room. They tend to think of it as an Everest. My message is that there is tons of room at the top."
Margaret Thatcher"If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing."
Margaret Thatcher
"To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best."
Margaret Thatcher"I've got a woman's ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves it."
Margaret Thatcher
"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, extend the will to choose and the chance to choose."
Margaret Thatcher
"A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us."
Margaret Thatcher
"Democratic nations must try to find ways to starve the terrorist and the hijacker of the oxygen of publicity on which they depend."
Margaret Thatcher