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There can be no liberty unless there is economic liberty.
Margaret Thatcher
Liberty
There are still people in my party who believe in consensus politics. I regard them as Quislings, as traitors... I mean it.
Margaret Thatcher
Politics
People
Party
We were told our campaign wasn't sufficiently slick. We regard that as a compliment.
Margaret Thatcher
Compliment
One of the things being in politics has taught me is that men are not a reasoned or reasonable sex.
Margaret Thatcher
Men
Politics
Sex
Being
Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.
Margaret Thatcher
Truth
Old
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.
Margaret Thatcher
Cause
Media
You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.
Margaret Thatcher
Battle
Fight
May
Nothing is more obstinate than a fashionable consensus.
Margaret Thatcher
Nothing
I don't mind how much my Ministers talk, so long as they do what I say.
Margaret Thatcher
Mind
Talk
It may be the cock that crows, but it is the hen that lays the eggs.
Margaret Thatcher
Crows
May
It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake.
Margaret Thatcher
Love
Money
Wealth
Creation
Wrong
If you want to cut your own throat, don't come to me for a bandage.
Margaret Thatcher
Want
If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.
Margaret Thatcher
Man
Want
Woman
If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.
Margaret Thatcher
Time
Compromise
Nothing
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
Country
World