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Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.
Margaret Thatcher
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I usually make up my mind about a man in ten seconds, and I very rarely change it.
Margaret Thatcher
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I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.
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If you lead a country like Britain, a strong country, a country which has taken a lead in world affairs in good times and in bad, a country that is always reliable, then you have to have a touch of iron about you.
Margaret Thatcher
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Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.
Margaret Thatcher
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If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.
Margaret Thatcher
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Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.
Margaret Thatcher
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There are still people in my party who believe in consensus politics. I regard them as Quislings, as traitors... I mean it.
Margaret Thatcher
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Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true.
Margaret Thatcher
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If you just set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.
Margaret Thatcher
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People think that at the top there isn't much room. They tend to think of it as an Everest. My message is that there is tons of room at the top.
Margaret Thatcher
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To me, consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies. So it is something in which no one believes and to which no one objects.
Margaret Thatcher
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