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"I don't think any woman in power really has a happy life unless she's got a large number of women friends ... because you sometimes must go and sit down and let down your hair with someone you can trust totally."
"Let's make it clear: the Conservative Party has no plans for new NHS charges."
"Socialism is in no way a curate's egg"
"The Russians put guns before butter. We put just about everything before guns."
"What great cause would have been fought and won under the banner 'I stand for consensus'?"
"Rogue states never turn out to be quite the pariahs they are deemed. They are only able to cause, or at least threaten to cause, mayhem because they enjoy the covert support - usually by means of technology transfers - of one or more major powers within the charmed circle of global 'good guys'."
"I have made it quite clear that a unified Ireland was one solution that is out. A second solution was a confederation of two states. That is out. A third solution was joint authority. That is out-that is a derogation of sovereignty."
"All attempts to destroy democracy by terrorism will fail. It must be business as usual."
"Economics are the method; the object is to change the soul."
"I am not immortal, but I've got a lot left in me yet."
"To those waiting with bated breath for that favorite media catchphrase, the U-turn, I have only this to say, ‘You turn if you want; the lady’s not for turning."
"The real case against socialism is not its economic inefficiency, though on all sides there is evidence of that. Much more fundamental is its basic immorality."
"That is what capitalism is: a system that brings wealth to the many, not just the few."
"People are really rather afraid that this country might be rather swamped by people with a different culture."
"Forget that I'm a woman. Forget the accusations that I am a Right Winger demanding privilege - I had precious little privilege in my early years."
"A leader is someone who knows what they want to achieve and can communicate that."
"If I were a German today, I would be proud, proud but also worried. I would be proud of the magnificent achievement of rebuilding my country, entrenching democracy and assuming the undoubtedly preponderant position in Europe. But a united Germany can't and won't subordinate its national interests in economic or in foreign policy to those of the Community indefinitely. Germany's new pre-eminence is a fact - and its power is a problem - as much for Germans as for the rest of Europe."
"I suppose I was about 20, and a crowd of us had been to a village hop and came back to make midnight cups of coffee. I was in the kitchen helping to dish up and having a fierce argument with one of the boys in the crowd when someone else interrupted to say: 'Of course Margaret, you will go into politics won't you?' I stopped dead. Suddenly it was crystalised for me. I knew."
"In my lifetime all our problems have come from mainland Europe and all the solutions have come from the English-speaking nations across the world."
"I want my money back!"