"Those who imagine that a politician would..." - Quote by Margaret Thatcher
Those who imagine that a politician would make a better figurehead than a hereditary monarch might perhaps make the acquaintance of more politicians.
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“If you lead a country like Britain, a strong country, a country which has taken a lead in world affairs in good times and in bad, a country that is always reliable, then you have to have a touch of iron about you.”
“Socialist governments traditionally do make a financial mess. They always run out of other people's money. It's quite a characteristic of them.”
“Europe is... a monument to the vanity of individuals, a programme whose inevitable destiny is failure.”
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