It is your tax which pays for public spending. The government have no money of their own. There is only taxpayers' money.
Margaret ThatcherSocialist governments traditionally do make a financial mess. They always run out of other people's money. It's quite a characteristic of them.
Margaret ThatcherI 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.
Margaret Thatcher(Not) even the US can impose peace: it has to be genuinely accepted by both parties involved.
Margaret Thatcher[M]ore than they wanted freedom, the Athenians wanted security. Yet they lost everything-security, comfort, and freedom. This was because they wanted not to give to society, but for society to give to them. The freedom they were seeking was freedom from responsibility. It is no wonder, then, that they ceased to be free. In the modern world, we should recall the Athenians' dire fate whenever we confront demands for increased state paternalism.
Margaret Thatcher