The Real Legacy of Margaret Thatcher, Britain's Iron Lady by The Heritage Foundation

In the spring of 1979
In the wake of Britain's "Winter of Discontent"
Margaret Thatcher's Conservative Party
Won a landslide victory
The Iron Lady took the helm of a fading Britain
The sick man of Europe
As it had (1)________ to be known
But she refused to accept (2)________ decay
Was inevitable
And that the job of the (3)______________ governmen
Was to (4)____________ decline
Britain, (5)____________ believed, could do better

"Some socialists seem to believe
That people should be (6)______________ in a state computer
We believe they should be individuals
We're all unequal
No one, thank heavens, is quite like anyone else
However (7)________ the socialists
May pretend otherwise
And we believe that everyone
Has the (8)__________ to be unequal
But to us
Every human being is equally important"

And (9)__________ she had no shortage of critics
"The Prime Minister is aware that
I detest every single one of her domestic policies
And I have never hidden that fact"
"I think the Honorable Gentleman knows
That I have the same contempt
For his socialist policies
As the the (10)____________ of (11)________ Europe
Who have experienced them..."
She was secure in her faith
That her conservative (12)____________ was right
"One of the great debates of our time
Is about how much of your money
Should be spent by the state
And how much you should keep
To spend on your family
If the state wishes to spend more
It can do so only by borrowing (13)________ savings
Or by (14)____________ you more
And it's no (15)________ thinking (16)______________ else will pay
That someone else is you"
She (17)________ what Ronald Reagan knew
That (18)________ markets and a free people
Are the (19)________ (20)______________ against tyranny
And that peace comes through strength
Not accommodation
"Mr. Speaker
Wars are not caused
By the build-up of weapons
They are caused (21)________ an aggressor
Believes he can (22)______________ his objectives
At an acceptable price"

America now (23)____________ at a crossroads
One path leads to deficits
Decreasing (24)__________________ and decline
The other a (25)______________ American dream
We all want

"Mr. Chairman
People want to live in peace
Real (26)______________ peace
The peace (27)________ comes
From independence of the state
And being able to run your own life
Spend your own money
And make your own choices
And, above all
The (28)__________ of a country
Which is properly defended
Against any potential adversary"
As we (29)________ stock of our choices
The legacy of Britain's Iron Lady
Remains a steadfast guide

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