Everything a politician promises at election time has to be paid for either by higher taxation or by borrowing.
Margaret ThatcherThe mission of this government is much more than the promotion of economic progress. It is to renew the spirit and solidarity of the nation.
Margaret ThatcherWhy in the world anyone in America is allowing another language (other than English) to be his first... I don't know
Margaret ThatcherThe messages on our banners in 1979 - freedom, opportunity, family, enterprise, ownership - are now inscribed on the banners in Leipzig, Warsaw, Budapest and even Moscow.
Margaret ThatcherIf one generation is expected to carry an excessive burden on behalf of another, it will seek by every means to avoid it. It will either demand that past promises are broken, or it will not work, or it will not pay taxes, or the most talented people will leave. Socialist governments which have tried to tax 'till the pips squeak' have ample experience of that.
Margaret Thatcher