As a motive for terror, religion has more often than not required a good deal of lubrication by lucre.
Margaret ThatcherPeople think that at the top there isn't much room. They tend to think of it as an Everest. My message is that there is tons of room at the top.
Margaret ThatcherIf the Europeans truly wish to improve their NATO contribution they can show it simply enough. They can establish professional armed forces, like those of the UK. And they can acquire more advanced technology. Indeed, unless that happens soon the gulf between the European and US capabilities will yawn so wide that it will not be possible to share the same battlefield. Alas, I do not think that sharing battlefields with our American friends - but rather disputing global primacy with them - is what European defence plans are truly about.
Margaret Thatcher