"Nothing is more obstinate than a fashionable..." - Quote by Margaret Thatcher
Nothing is more obstinate than a fashionable consensus.
More by Margaret Thatcher
“Home is where you come to when you've got nothing better to do.”
“Ladies and gentlemen, I stand before you tonight in my … chiffon evening gown, my face softly made up, my fair hair gently waved, the Iron Lady of the Western world. Me? A Cold War warrior? … Well, yes — if that is how they wish to interpret my defense of values of freedoms fundamental to our way of life.”
“The first step in calculating which way to go is to find out where you are.”
More on Consensus
“Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage.”
“But in every matter the consensus of opinion among all nations is to be regarded as the law of nature.”
“Now, in practice, in daily social interactions, etc., there may be all kinds of biases and prejudices that are unspoken, that people aren't aware of, that affect who's hired, and who gets loans, and how kids are treated in school. But it's a powerful thing if you have on your side an idea that the overwhelming majority of people believe in because that's how you can build a consensus that's lasting.”
More on Conformity
“It is but too easy to establish another durable and harmonious routine. Immediately all parts of nature consent to it. Only make something to take the place of something, and men will behave as if it was the very thing they wanted.”
“Many, no doubt, are well disposed, but sluggish by constitution and habit, and they cannot conceive of a man who is actuated by higher motives than they are. Accordingly they pronounce this man insane, for they know that they could never act as he does, as long as they are themselves.”
“Napoleon is always right.”