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 always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.
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I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left
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Public speaking is done in the public tongue, the national or tribal language; and the language of our tribe is the men's language. Of course women learn it. We're not dumb. If you can tell Margaret Thatcher from Ronald Reagan, or Indira Gandhi from General Somoza, by anything they say, tell me how. This is a man's world, so it talks a man's language.
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If you go into what I call a bubble boom, every bubble bursts.
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I have a habit of comparing the phraseology of communiqus, one with another across the years, and noting a certain similarity of words, a certain similarity of optimism in the reports which followed the summit meetings and a certain similarity in the lack of practical results during the ensuing years.
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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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Women have plenty of roles in which they can serve with distinction: some of us even run countries. But generally we are better at wielding the handbag than the bayonet.
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I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near.
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I'm fine, I'm fine. I feel fine. The doctors assessed her this morning and say she is OK.
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Thatcher: Now tell me honestly, my boy. Don't you think it's rather unwise to continue this philanthropic enterprise, this Inquirer that's cos...
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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.
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I shan't be pulling the levers there but I shall be a very good back-seat driver.
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Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides
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What is success I think it is a mixture of having a flair for the thing that you are doing knowing that it is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose.
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I have a habit of comparing the phraseology of communiques...noting a certain similarity of words, a certain similarity of optimism...and a certain similarity in the lack of practical results during the ensuring years.
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On my way here I passed a local cinema and it turned out you were expecting me after all, for the billboards read: The Mummy Returns
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Being prime minister is a lonely job.... you cannot lead from the crowd.
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To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan you should wear it inside, where it functions best.
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We were told our campaign wasn't sufficiently slick. We regard that as a compliment.
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I'm not a good butcher but I've had to learn to carve the joint. People expect a new look.
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Attila the Hen.
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I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.
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For the first time perhaps since Margaret Thatcher, we will have at the head of the Conservative Party someone who is genuinely an equal match for Tony Blair.
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A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us
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Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.
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One hopes to achieve the zero option, but in the absence of that we must achieve balanced numbers. (On Soviet and Allied missiles in Europe)
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You don't tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive.
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If it is once again one against forty-eight, then I am very sorry for the forty-eight.
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Pennies do not come from heaven. They have to be earned here on earth
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