Maggie Thatcher and Abraham Lincoln

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From Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan: A New Political Relationship:

Demonstrating her admiration for American economic culture, Margaret Thatcher quoted Abraham Lincoln:

“You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiative and independence. You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could, and should, do for themselves.”

(Note to the experts: Is the above quotation correctly attributed to Mr. Lincoln?)


And I'd like to add my favorite quotation from the Iron Lady:

On politics: “It used to be about trying to do something. Now it’s about trying to be someone.”

RIP Baroness Thatcher