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| Margaret Thatcher
Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country. Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't. Being prime minister is a lonely job... you cannot lead from the crowd. Europe will never be like America. Europe is a product of history. America is a product of philosophy. I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left. I don't know what I would do without Whitelaw. Everyone should have a Willy. I have made it quite clear that a unified Ireland was one solution that is out. A second solution was a confederation of two states. That is out. A third solution was joint authority. That is out-that is a derogation of sovereignty. I just owe almost everything to my father and it's passionately interesting for me that the things that I learned in a small town, in a very modest home, are just the things that I believe have won the election. I shan't be pulling the levers there but I shall be a very good back-seat driver. I usually make up my mind about a man in ten seconds, and I very rarely change it. I'm not a good butcher but I've had to learn to carve the joint. People expect a new look. I've got a woman's ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves it. If you go into what I call a bubble boom, every bubble bursts. 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. If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman. If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman. If you want to cut your own throat, don't come to me for a bandage. In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man; if you want anything done, ask a woman. It's a funny old world. It's passionately interesting for me that the things that I learned in a small town, in a very modest home, are just the things that I believe have won the election. Let our children grow tall and some taller than others if they have it in them to do so. Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; its when you had everything to do, and you've done it. Nothing is more obstinate than a fashionable consensus. On my way here I passed a local cinema and it turned out you were expecting me after all, for the billboards read: The Mummy Returns. 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. Pennies do not come from heaven. They have to be earned here on earth. Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't. Success is having a flair for the thing that you are doing; knowing that is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a sense of purpose. To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best. Unless we change our ways and our direction, our greatness as a nation will soon be a footnote in the history books, a distant memory of an offshore island, lost in the mists of time like Camelot, remembered kindly for its noble past. We were told our campaign wasn't sufficiently slick. We regard that as a compliment. 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. You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it. |
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