Margaret Thatcher

"If in the 1930s nuclear weapons had been invented and the Allies had been faced by Nazi SS20s and Backfire Bombers, would it then have been morally right to have handed Hitler control of one of the most terrible weapons man has ever made? Would not that have been the one way to ensure that the thousand year Reich became exactly that? Would not unilateralism have given to Hitler the world domination he sought?"

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Source: Hornsey Journal Interview with Robert Eddison and Barry St John Nevill, www.margaretthatcher.org. April 21, 1978.

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Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher

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Margaret Thatcher was the first female Prime Minister of the UK, known for her strong leadership and economic policies that transformed Britain.

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