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Margaret Thatcher Quotes

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By Jone Johnson Lewis, About.com

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• I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end good will triumph.

• And what a prize we have to fight for: no less than the chance to banish from our land the dark divisive clouds of Marxist socialism.

• Democratic nations must try to find ways to starve the terrorist and the hijacker of the oxygen of publicity on which they depend.

• Let our children grow tall, and some taller than others if they have it in them to do so.

• A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us.

• You don't tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive.

• All attempts to destroy democracy by terrorism will fail. It must be business as usual.

• Europe will never be like America. Europe is a product of history. America is a product of philosophy.

• It will be years - and not in my time - before a woman will lead the party or become prime minister. (1974)

• I wouldn't want to be prime minister; you have to give yourself 100 percent.

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Quote collection assembled by Jone Johnson Lewis. Each quotation page in this collection and the entire collection © Jone Johnson Lewis 1997-2005. This is an informal collection assembled over many years. I regret that I am not be able to provide the original source if it is not listed with the quote.

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