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1 " It used to be about trying to do something. Now it's about trying to be someone. "
― Margaret Thatcher
2 " When I'm out of politics I'm going to run a business, it'll be called rent-a-spine "
3 " 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. "
4 " Being democratic is not enough, a majority cannot turn what is wrong into right. In order to be considered truly free, countries must also have a deep love of liberty and an abiding respect for the rule of law. "
5 " 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? "
6 " I'm back... and you knew I was coming. On my way here I passed a cinema with the sign 'The Mummy Returns'. "
7 " In politics, If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman. "
8 " Don't follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you. "
9 " 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 , Margaret Thatcher
10 " Thought Leadership “The Downing Street Years” Book by Margaret Thatcher“I have a habit of comparing the phraseology of communiques . . . noting a certain similarity of words, a certain similarity of optimism . . . and a certain similarity in the lack of practical results during the ensuring years.”Margaret Thatcher AuthorFormer British Prime Minister#smitanairjain #leadership #womenintech #thoughtleaders #tedxspeaker #technology #tech #success #strategy #startuplife #startupbusiness #startup #mentor #leaders #itmanagement #itleaders #innovation #informationtechnology #influencers #Influencer #hightech #fintechinfluencer #fintech #entrepreneurship #entrepreneurs #economy #economics #development #businessintelligence #business "
11 " Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't. "
12 " The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money. "
13 " When people are free to choose, they choose freedom "
― Margaret Thatcher , The Collected Speeches of Margaret Thatcher
14 " Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story. "
15 " I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end. "
16 " Some Socialists seem to believe that people should be numbers in a State computer. We believe they should be individuals. We are all unequal. No one, thank heavens, is like anyone else, however much the Socialists may pretend otherwise. We believe that everyone has the right to be unequal but to us every human being is equally important. "
17 " Christmas is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm circle of family and friends. "
18 " And I will go on criticising Socialism, and opposing Socialism because it is bad for Britain (...) It’s the Labour Government that have brought us record peace-time taxation. They’ve got the usual Socialist disease – they’ve run out of other people’s money. "
19 " The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money. "
20 " Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't. "
