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1. "Any leader has to have a certain amount of steel in them, so I am not that put out being called the Iron Lady." ~ Margaret Thatcher
2. "Law and order is a social service. Crime and the fear which the threat of crime induces can paralyse whole communities, keep lonely and vulnerable elderly people shut up in their homes, scar young lives and raise to cult status the swaggering violent bully who achieves predatory control over the streets. I suspect that there would be more support and less criticism than today's political leaders imagine for a large shift of resources from Social Security benefits to law and order - as long as rhetoric about getting tough on crime was matched by practice." ~ Margaret Thatcher
3. "The Russians are bent on world dominance, and they are rapidly acquiring the means to become the most powerful imperial nation the world has seen. The men in the Soviet Politburo do not have to worry about the ebb and flow of public opinion. They put guns before butter, while we put just about everything before guns." ~ Margaret Thatcher
4. "It used to be about trying to do something. Now it's about trying to be someone." ~ Margaret Thatcher
5. "I love argument, I love debate. I don't expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me, that's not their job." ~ Margaret Thatcher
6. "To cure the British disease with socialism was like trying to cure leukaemia with leeches." ~ Margaret Thatcher
7. "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
8. "It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake." ~ Margaret Thatcher
9. "I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end good will triumph." ~ Margaret Thatcher
10. "Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides." ~ Margaret Thatcher
11. "It may be the cock that crows, but it is the hen that lays the eggs." ~ Margaret Thatcher
12. "When I'm out of politics I'm going to run a business, it'll be called rent-a-spine" ~ Margaret Thatcher
13. "El socialismo es un sistema que prefiere que los pobres sean más pobres con tal que los ricos sean menos ricos." ~ Margaret Thatcher
14. "Watch your thoughts for they become words.Watch your words for they become actions.Watch your actions for they become habits.Watch your habits for they become your character.And watch your character for it becomes your destiny.What we think, we become.My father always said that... and I think I am fine." ~ Margaret Thatcher
15. "Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's a day you've had everything to do and you've done it." ~ Margaret Thatcher
16. "If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman." ~ Margaret Thatcher
17. "Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't." ~ Margaret Thatcher
18. "Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction." ~ Margaret Thatcher
19. "I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left." ~ Margaret Thatcher
20. "I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end." ~ Margaret Thatcher
21. "Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country." ~ Margaret Thatcher
22. "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
23. "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
24. "The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples' money." ~ Margaret Thatcher
25. "To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best." ~ Margaret Thatcher
26. "You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it." ~ Margaret Thatcher
27. "To me, consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies. So it is something in which no one believes and to which no one objects." ~ Margaret Thatcher
28. "There can be no liberty unless there is economic liberty." ~ Margaret Thatcher
29. "I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near." ~ Margaret Thatcher
30. "I usually make up my mind about a man in ten seconds, and I very rarely change it." ~ Margaret Thatcher
31. "I'm back... and you knew I was coming. On my way here I passed a cinema with the sign 'The Mummy Returns'." ~ Margaret Thatcher
32. "I think we've been through a period where too many people have been given to understand that if they have a problem, it's the government's job to cope with it. 'I have a problem, I'll get a grant.' 'I'm homeless, the government must house me.' They're casting their problem on society. And, you know, there is no such thing as society. There are individual men and women, and there are families. And no government can do anything except through people, and people must look to themselves first. It's our duty to look after ourselves and then, also to look after our neighbour. People have got the entitlements too much in mind, without the obligations. There's no such thing as entitlement, unless someone has first met an obligation." ~ Margaret Thatcher
33. "Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan" ~ Margaret Thatcher
34. "No-one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions; he had money as well." ~ Margaret Thatcher
35. "Christmas is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm circle of family and friends." ~ (1925- ), English political leader." ~ Margaret Thatcher
36. "To those waiting with bated breath for that favorite media catchphrase, the U-turn, I have only this to say, ‘You turn if you want; the lady's not for turning." ~ Margaret Thatcher
37. "Consensus: "The process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values, and policies in search of something in which no one believes, but to which no one objects; the process of avoiding the very issues that have to be solved, merely because you cannot get agreement on the way ahead. What great cause would have been fought and won under the banner: ‘I stand for consensus?" ~ Margaret Thatcher
38. "I think we have gone through a period when too many children and people have been given to understand 'I have a problem, it is the government's job to cope with it!' or 'I have a problem, I will go and get a grant to cope with it!'; 'I am homeless, the government must house me!' and so they are casting their problems on society and who is society?"There is no such thing! There are individual men and women and there are families, and no government can do anything except through people and people look to themselves first."It is our duty to look after ourselves and then also to help look after our neighbour and life is a reciprocal business and people have got the entitlements too much in mind without the obligations." ~ Margaret Thatcher
39. "Well, there's a lot to react against![in response to the accusation that she was a reactionary]" ~ Margaret Thatcher
40. "Freedom will destroy itself if it is not exercised within some sort of moral framework, some body of shared beliefs, some spiritual heritage transmitted through the Church, the family, and the school." ~ Margaret Thatcher
41. "[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." ~ Margaret Thatcher
42. "I wasn't lucky, I deserved it." ~ Margaret Thatcher
43. "It pays to know the enemy - not least because at some time you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend." ~ Margaret Thatcher
44. "Don't follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you." ~ Margaret Thatcher

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