Margaret Thatcher

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"I'm not a good butcher but I've had to learn to carve the joint. People expect a new look."	Government
"I'm not a good butcher but I've had to learn to carve the joint. People expect a new look."	Politics
"I have a habit of comparing the phraseology of communiqués, one with another across the years, and noting a certain similarity of words, a certain similarity of optimism in the reports which followed the summit meetings and a certain similarity in the lack of practical results during the ensuing years."	Government
"I have a habit of comparing the phraseology of communiqués, one with another across the years, and noting a certain similarity of words, a certain similarity of optimism in the reports which followed the summit meetings and a certain similarity in the lack of practical results during the ensuing years."	Politics
"Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true."	Government
"Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true."	Politics
"If you go into what I call a bubble boom, every bubble bursts."	Government
"If you go into what I call a bubble boom, every bubble bursts."	Politics
"I like Mr Gorbachev, we can do business together."	Government
"I like Mr Gorbachev, we can do business together."	Politics
"We didn't have to do the minuets of diplomacy. We got down to business."	Government
"We didn't have to do the minuets of diplomacy. We got down to business."	Politics
"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."	Government
"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."	Politics
"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."	Government
"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."	Politics
"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."	Government
"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."	Politics
"I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near."	Government
"I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near."	Politics
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