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61 " For every idealistic peacemaker willing to renounce his self-defence in favour of a weapons-free world, there is at least one warmaker anxious to exploit the other's good intentions. "
― Margaret Thatcher
62 " [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. "
63 " Well, there’s a lot to react against! [in response to the accusation that she was a reactionary] "
64 " Consensus is 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. - Margaret Thatcher. "
― Margaret Thatcher , Margaret Thatcher: The Autobiography
65 " 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 when you’ve had everything to do, and you’ve done it "
66 " 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. "
67 " Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides. "
68 " In politics, if you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman "
69 " while the home must always be the centre of one’s life, it should not be the boundary of one’s ambitions’. "
70 " In general, more nonsense was written about the so-called ‘feminine factor’ during my time in office than about almost anything else. I was always asked how it felt to be a woman Prime Minister. I would reply: ‘I don’t know: I’ve never experienced the alternative. "
71 " A week is a long time in politics "
72 " If you want something said,ask a man;if you want something done,ask a woman. "
73 " Give me six men and true, and I will get policies through. "
74 " The larger Europe grows, the more diverse must be the forms of co-operation it requires. Instead of a centralised bureaucracy, the model should be a market — not only a market of individuals and companies, but also a market in which the players are governments.Thus governments would compete with each other for foreign investments, top management and high earners through lower taxes and less regulation.Such a market would impose a fiscal discipline on governments because they would not want to drive away expertise and business.It would also help to establish which fiscal and regulatory policies produced the best overall economic results.No wonder socialists don't like it. "
75 " It's no time to be wobbly, Geo. "
76 " Nazism (national Socialism) and communism (international socialism) were but two sides of the same coin. "
77 " If you can't afford it, you can't have it. "
78 " Defeat? I do not recognise the meaning of the word. "
79 " en realidad iba directamente al núcleo de la cuestión de cuál debía ser el papel del Gobierno en una sociedad libre. Era tarea del Gobierno establecer un marco de estabilidad —ya fuera estabilidad constitucional, el cumplimiento de la ley, o la estabilidad económica "
― Margaret Thatcher , The Downing Street Years
80 " The problem with socialists, is that they always run out of other people's money, "