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If you’re in a hole, stop digging.


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World events do not occur by accident. They are made to happen, whether it is to do with national issues or commerce; and most of them are staged and managed by those who hold the purse strings.



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I often compare Margaret Thatcher with Florence Nightingale. She stalks through the wards of our hospitals as a lady with a lamp. Unfortunately, it's a blowlamp.



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It is a good thing to follow the First Law of Holes: if you are in one, stop digging.



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Unless you understand the history of a situation, you can't ever hope to solve problems.



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Being attacked by him is like being savaged by a dead sheep.



Squeeze property speculators until the pips squeak.

Squeeze property speculators until the pips squeak.



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Nothing is more dangerous that the politician who uses politics as a surrogate for an unsatisfactory personal life.



The right hon. Gentleman will be known for ever as the only Chancellor in the post-war period who brought this country to the brink of bankruptcy.

The right hon. Gentleman will be known for ever as the only Chancellor in the post-war period who brought this country to the brink of bankruptcy.



Mrs Thatcher tells us she has given the French President a piece of her mind... not a gift I would receive with alacrity.

Mrs Thatcher tells us she has given the French President a piece of her mind... not a gift I would receive with alacrity.





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The Peace Treaties must be scrapped ... I stand for no more war and no more secret diplomacy.



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