"What great cause would have been fought..." - Quote by Margaret Thatcher

“Europe will never be like America. Europe is a product of history. America is a product of philosophy.”

“Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's a day you've had everything to do and you've done it.”

“How thin is the crust of order over the fires of human appetite and the lust for naked power.”

“Ultimately, the challenges of the 21st century can't be met without collective action. Agreement will almost never be easy, and results won't always come quickly. But I am committed to respecting different points of view, and to forging a consensus instead of dictating our terms... That's how we will advance and uphold our ideals.”

“I think that to the extent that we focus on problems where we can build a moral and a political consensus, then I think that we move the country forward and when we are divided and our politics is focused on dividing, then I think we're less successful, not just from the perspective of the Democratic Party or the Republican Party but from the perspective of the nation as a whole.”

“Politics is different, because the mission is always to get the necessary votes. A good politician goes through everything in terms of mission and vision, and resourcing, but at the end of the day politicians have to make compromises in order to achieve consensus.”

“The condition-of-England question is a practical one. The condition of England demands a hero, not a poet.”

“Those who listened to Lord Chatham felt that there was something finer in the man, than anything which he said.”

“Great crises produce great men, and great deeds of courage.”