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The Real Legacy of Margaret Thatcher, Britain's Iron Lady English Medium

by The Heritage Foundation

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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 come to be known
But she refused to accept that decay
Was inevitable
And that the job of the British governmen
Was to manage decline
Britain, should believed, could do better

"Some socialists seem to believe
That people be in a state computer
We believe they be individuals
We're all unequal
No one, heavens, is quite like anyone else
much the socialists
May pretend otherwise
And we believe that everyone
Has the right to be unequal
But to us
Every human being is important"

And while she had no shortage of critics
"The Prime Minister is aware that
I detest every one of her domestic policies
And I have never that fact"
"I think the Honorable Gentleman knows
That I have the contempt
For his socialist policies
As the the people of Europe
Who have experienced them..."
She was secure in her faith
That her conservative vision was right
"One of the 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 wishes to spend more
It can do so by borrowing your savings
Or by taxing you more
And it's no someone else will pay
That someone is you"
She knew Ronald Reagan knew
That free markets and a free people
Are the best defense tyranny
And that peace through strength
Not accommodation
"Mr. Speaker
Wars are not caused
By the build-up of weapons
They are caused when an aggressor
Believes he can achieve his objectives
At an acceptable price"

now stands at a crossroads
One path leads to deficits
influence and decline
The other a American dream
We all want

"Mr. Chairman
People want to live in peace
Real peace
The peace that comes
From independence of the state
And being able to run your own life
Spend your own money
And your own choices
And, above all
The of a country
is defended
any potential adversary"
As we take stock of our choices
The legacy of Britain's Iron Lady
Remains a steadfast guide

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