"I have made it quite clear that..." - Quote by Margaret Thatcher
I have made it quite clear that a unified Ireland was one solution that is out. A second solution was a confederation of two states. That is out. A third solution was joint authority. That is out-that is a derogation of sovereignty.
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“I came to office with one deliberate intent: to change Britain from a dependent to a self-reliant society - from a give-it-to-me, to a do-it-yourself nation. A get-up-and-go, instead of a sit-back-and-wait-for-it Britain.”
“The woman's mission is not to enhance the masculine spirit, but to express the feminine; hers is not to preserve a man-made world, but to create a human world by the infusion of the feminine element into all of its activities.”
“Democratic nations must try to find ways to starve the terrorist and the hijacker of the oxygen of publicity on which they depend.”
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“Just what is it that America stands for? If she stands for one thing more than another it is for the sovereignty of self-governing people.”
“I don't care how little your country is, you got a right to run it like you want to. When the big nations quit meddling then the world will have peace.”
“The United States of America is a threat to world peace. Because what [America] is saying is that if you are afraid of a veto in the Security Council, you can go outside and take action and violate the sovereignty of other countries. That is the message they are sending to the world. That must be condemned in the strongest terms.”
More on Ireland
“Come, fix upon me that accusing eye.I thirst for accusation. All that was sung.All that was said in Ireland is a lieBreed out of the contagion of the throng,Saving the rhyme rats hear before they die.”
“Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep.”
“For men were born to pray and save:Romantic Ireland's dead and gone,It's with O'Leary in the grave.”