Thursday, 13 July 2023

Quotations

'A false sense of security is the only kind there is.' Michael Meade


"She plucked from my lapel the invisible strand of lint (the universal act of woman to proclaim ownership)." O. Henry


“The feminists hate me, don’t they? And I don’t blame them. For I hate feminism. It is poison.” Margaret Thatcher said this to Paul Johnson, according to a piece he wrote for The Spectator in 2011.


'People who don't believe in their own religion are destined to be conquered by people who believe in theirs.' Bunny Sheffield




7 comments:

  1. Anonymous13 July 2023 at 19:07

    Apparently the Thatcher quote is only attested second hand -- and that by Paul Johnson, who cannot be considered a reliable source.

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  2. Anonymous14 July 2023 at 02:27

    The men in Margaret’s political life certainly did right by her.

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  3. Toma14 July 2023 at 09:56

    'Paul Johnson... cannot be considered a reliable source'

    Sez who?

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  4. Political Refugee from the Global Village14 July 2023 at 11:27

    I wrote the same thing but it seems to have got lost. Was Johnson present when she said it? in any case this was her opinion and that of all Conservatives in the 1970s.

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  5. Anonymous14 July 2023 at 19:15

    Brief googling doesn't turn up any source for this quote before Thatcher's death in 1997.

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  6. Anonymous14 July 2023 at 22:13

    "If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman." - M. Thatcher

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