Margaret Thatcher Quotes

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• The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples' money.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Running, Freedom, Government

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• Let us never forget this fundamental truth: the State has no source of money other than money which people earn themselves. If the State wishes to spend more it can do so only by borrowing your savings or by taxing you more. It is no good thinking that someone else will pay - that 'someone else' is you. There is no such thing as public money; there is only taxpayers' money.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Thinking, People, Wish

  Margaret Thatcher (1989). “The revival of Britain: speeches on home and European affairs, 1975-1988”

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• If you set out to be liked, you will accomplish nothing.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Accomplish Nothing, Compromise, Be Prepared

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  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

  Love, Inspirational, Motivational

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• 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

  Inspirational, Father, Character

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• If you want something said, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Inspirational, Funny, Wise

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Socialists cry “Power to the people”, and raise the clenched fist as they say it. We all know what they really mean - power over people, power to the State.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Mean, People, Fists

  Margaret Thatcher (1989). “The revival of Britain: speeches on home and European affairs, 1975-1988”

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• 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

  Cheer, Mean, Thinking

  "Thatcher Put the "Great" Back in Great Britain" by Jack Kelly, www.realclearpolitics.com. April 14, 2013.

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• Do you know that one of the great problems of our age is that we are governed by people who care more about feelings than they do about thoughts and ideas.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Motivational, Inspiring, Leadership

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• No great goal was ever easily achieved.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Goal

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• The government has no money of its own. It's all your money.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Government, No Money

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• Don't follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Leadership, Powerful, Following The Crowd

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• 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

  Spiritual, School, Church

  Margaret Thatcher (1997). “The collected speeches of Margaret Thatcher”, HarperCollins

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• Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Leadership, Business, Women

  Margaret Thatcher, Iain Dale (1997). “As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations”, Robson Book Ltd

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  There are too many people who imagine that there is something sophisticated about always believing the best of those who hate your country, and the worst of those who defend it.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Country, Hate, Believe

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• Never flinch. Make up your own mind and do it.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Mind

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• The first step in calculating which way to go is to find out where you are.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Leadership, Way, Firsts

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• There is no such thing as society: there are individual men and women, and there are families.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Women, Rights, Coal Miners

  Quoted in Woman's Own, 31 Oct. 1987

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• If your only opportunity is to be equal then it is not opportunity.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Opportunity, Equal, Ifs

  Margaret Thatcher, Iain Dale (1997). “As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations”, Robson Book Ltd

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• Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Business, Two Sides, Decision

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• If you are guided by opinion polls, you are not practicing leadership -- you are practicing followership.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Opinion, Polls, Followership

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• If you want to cut your own throat, don't come to me for a bandage.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Cutting, Want, Iron Lady

  1986 Comment to Robert Mugabe, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, when he pressed for sanctions against South Africa. Quoted in Time, 7 Jul.

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• I started out in life with two great advantages: No money and good parents.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Two, Parent, Advantage

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• In my work, you get used to criticisms. Of course you do, because there are a lot of people trying to get you down, but I always cheer up immensely if one is particularly wounding because I think well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left. That is why my father always taught me: never worry about anyone who attacks you personally; it means their arguments carry no weight and they know it.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Cheer, Father, Mean

  TV Interview with Enzo Biagi for Italian Television (RAI), www.margaretthatcher.org. March 10, 1986.

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• When I'm out of politics I'm going to run a business, it'll be called rent-a-spine

  Margaret Thatcher

  Running, Spine

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