Margaret Thatcher
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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 satisfaction.

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 love argument, I love debate. I don't expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me, that's not their job.

I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end good will triumph.

If my critics saw me walking over the Thames they would say it was because I couldn't swim.

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.

To me, consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies. So it is something in which no one believes and to which no one objects.

It pays to know the enemy — not least because at some time you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend.

To cure the British disease with socialism was like trying to cure leukaemia with leeches.