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It used to be about trying to do something. Now it's about trying to be someone.

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The larger the slice taken by government, the smaller the cake available for everyone.

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To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.

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Why do you climb philosophical hills? Because they are worth climbing . . . There are no hills to go down unless you start from the top.

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Under a Labour government, there's virtually nowhere you can put your savings where they would be safe from the state. ... If you put money in a sock they'd probably nationalize socks.

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I'm also very much aware that it is you who brought democracy to Chile, you set up a constitution suitable for democracy, you put it into effect, elections were held, and then, in accordance with the result, you stepped down.

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You turn if you want to. The Lady's not for turning.

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Yes, the Commission wants to increase its powers, Yes, it is a non-elected body and I do not want the Commission to increase its powers at the expense of the House, so of course we differ. The President of the Commission, Mr Delors, said at a press conference the other day that he wanted the European Parliament to be the democratic body of the Community. He wanted the Commission to be the Executive and he wanted the Council of Ministers to be the Senate. No! No! No!

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[On Ronald Reagan:] Poor dear, there's nothing between his ears.

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We who are living in the west today are fortunate. Freedom has been bequeathed to us. We have not had to carve it out of nothing; we have not had to pay for it with our lives. But it would be a grave mistake to think that freedom requires nothing of us. Each of us has to earn freedom anew in order to possess it. We do so not just for our own sake, but for the sake of our children, so that they may build a better future that will sustain over the world the responsibilities and blessings of freedom.

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All attempts to destroy democracy by terrorism will fail. It must be business as usual.

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Life in a free society...is heaven on earth to life in a socialist society such as Russia.

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I remain totally convinced that when children are young, however busy we may be with the practical duties inside the home, themost important thing of all is to devbote enoughh time and care to their needs and problems.

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The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of everyone else's money.

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We intend freedom and justice to conquer. Yes, we do have a creed and we wish others to share it. But it is not part of our policy to impose our beliefs by force or threat of force.

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When I look at him [Edward Heath] and he looks at me, I don't feel that it is a man looking at a woman. More like a woman being looked at by another woman.

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We do not have a freehold on the earth, only a full repairing lease

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If we open our hearts to God, He has promised to work within us.

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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.

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Political success is a good deal pleasanter than political failure, but it too brings its problems.

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