More from Margaret Thatcher

  1. It is always important in matters of high politics to know what you do not know. Those who think they know, but are mistaken, and act upon …
  2. All corporatism - even when practised in societies where hard work, enterprise and cooperation are as highly valued as in Korea - encourage…
  3. Successful entrepreneurship is ultimately a matter of flair. But there is also a fund of practical knowledge to be acquired and, of course,…
  4. My father, more perceptive than many, wryly commented that by the time I was an adult there might not be an Indian Civil Service to enter. …
  5. For every idealistic peacemaker willing to renounce his self-defence in favour of a weapons-free world, there is at least one warmaker anxi…
  6. Patched-up diplomatic solutions designed to answer the needs of the moment rarely last, and as they unravel they can actually make things w…
  7. But if Saddam had been in a position credibly to threaten America or any of its allies - or the coalition's forces - with attack by missile…
  8. North Korea desperately needed the foreign currency which this lethal trade could bring; its role as chief 'rogue' reinforced its prestige …

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