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If one generation is expected to carry an excessive burden on behalf of another, it will seek by every means to avoid it. It will either demand that past promises are broken, or it will not work, or it will not pay taxes, or the most talented people will leave. Socialist governments which have tried to tax 'till the pips squeak' have ample experience of that.

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Margaret Thatcher's Popular Quotes

There is no such thing as society.

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I will not stagger from expedient to expedient.

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Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfactio…

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I shall fight on, I shall fight to win.

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I hate feminism. It is poison.

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The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples' money.

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It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake.

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If you want something said, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman.

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Watch your thoughts for they become words. Watch your words for they become actions. Watch your actions for they become habits. Watch your habits for…

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