Margaret Thatcher on Independence Day
1925–2013 England
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Peace, freedom and justice are only to be found where people are prepared to defend them.
When people are free to choose, they choose freedom.
If a Tory does not believe that private property is one of the main bulwarks of individual freedom, then he had better become a socialist and have done with it.
I believe that the royal family are a focus of patriotism, of loyalty, of affection and of esteem. That is a rare combination, and we should value it highly.
Our principles: freedom, independence, responsibility, choice—these and the democracy built upon them are Britain's special legacy to the world.
Marxists get up early in the morning to further their cause. We must get up even earlier to defend our freedom.
Personal freedom and economic freedom are indivisible. You can't have one without the other. You can't lose one without losing the other.
Our policy is not built on envy or hatred, but on liberty for the individual man or woman.
The Path To Power (1995)
We had to fight the enemy without in the Falklands and now we have to fight the enemy within, which is much more difficult but just as dangerous to liberty.