"You turn if you want to. The Lady's not for turning."
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"Remember, George, this is no time to go wobbly."
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"My belief in free competitive economic enterprise does not rest solely or even mainly on arguments of economic efficiency, though, heaven knows, these are cogent enough. It rests essentially on the view that the free market is the only safe way of ensuring that productive effort is directed towards supplying what individuals actually want, and in a way which secures the dignity and independence of the worker."
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"If you have a sense of purpose and a sense of direction, I believe people will follow you. Democracy isn't just about deducing what the people want. Democracy is leading the people as well."
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"Socialism lays an bad egg by killing the capitalism that lays the golden eggs"
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"The messages on our banners in 1979 - freedom, opportunity, family, enterprise, ownership - are now inscribed on the banners in Leipzig, Warsaw, Budapest and even Moscow."
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"Failure? The possibilities do not exist."
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"During my lifetime most of the problems the world has faced have come, in one fashion or another, from mainland Europe and the solution from outside it."
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"There is a nonsense about intelligent women not being beautiful."
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"But the whole history of America is quite different from Europe. People went there to get away from the intolerance and constraints of life in Europe. They sought liberty and opportunity; and their strong sense of purpose has over two centuries, helped create a new unity and pride in being American."
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"Ought we not to ask the media to agree among themselves a voluntary code of conduct, under which they would not say or show anything which could assist the terrorists' morale or their cause while the hijack lasted."
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"I shall fight on, I shall fight to win."
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"A bully has no respect for a weakling and the way to stop a bully is not to be weak. The way to stop a bully from ever being a bully is to say: "I'm as strong as you. Anything you do to me, I can do to you." We are going for nuclear and conventional disarmament but we're going about it in the right way."
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"This lady is not for turning."
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"The European single currency is bound to fail, economically, politically and indeed socially, though the timing, occasion and full consequences are all necessarily still unclear."
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"Peace is hard work and we must not allow people to forget it."
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"I'm back... and you knew I was coming. On my way here I passed a cinema with the sign 'The Mummy Returns'."
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"I have very strong views about Europe. We're quite the best country. We rescued them. We're not going to get entangled with them. We've got to keep our own independence. Is that clear?"
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"We need to create a mood where it is everywhere thought morally right for as many people as possible to acquire capital."
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"I believe that the royal family are a focus of patriotism, of loyalty, of affection and of esteem. That is a rare combination, and we should value it highly."
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