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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
Values
Beliefs
Principles
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
People
Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan.
Margaret Thatcher
Work
Day
Today
You don't tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive.
Margaret Thatcher
Lies
You and I come by road or rail, but economists travel on infrastructure.
Margaret Thatcher
Travel
Road
What is success? I think it is a mixture of having a flair for the thing that you are doing; knowing that it is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose.
Margaret Thatcher
Work
Success
Purpose
Hard work
Sense
What Britain needs is an iron lady.
Margaret Thatcher
Lady
Needs
Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.
Margaret Thatcher
Road
To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.
Margaret Thatcher
Heart
The battle for women's rights has been largely won.
Margaret Thatcher
Women
Battle
Rights
To cure the British disease with socialism was like trying to cure leukaemia with leeches.
Margaret Thatcher
Cure
Disease
Socialism
Trying
This lady is not for turning.
Margaret Thatcher
Lady
Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't.
Margaret Thatcher
Power
People
Being
Lady
There is no such thing as society: there are individual men and women, and there are families.
Margaret Thatcher
Men
Women
Pennies do not come from heaven. They have to be earned here on earth.
Margaret Thatcher
Earth
Heaven