Its no more NEWS that the American Iron Lady Margaret
Thatcher is Dead but the living truth is
Thatcher Still Lives on in Death. Her motivating, altruistic and goal driven pabulums still rings in the ear memory of many
she caught as a role model around the world!
Here are bits of what makes Thatcher the ‘Iron Lady’
It is not the creation of wealth
that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake. #MargaretThatcher
I usually make up my mind about a
man in ten seconds, and I very rarely change it. #MargaretThatcher
There can be no liberty unless there
is economic liberty. #MargaretThatcher
I am extraordinarily patient,
provided I get my own way in the end. #MargaretThatcher
Being powerful is like being a lady.
If you have to tell people you are, you aren’t. #MargaretThatcher
To wear your heart on your sleeve
isn’t a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best. #MargaretThatcher
Defeat? I do not recognise the
meaning of the word. #MargaretThatcher
an honest day’s work for an honest
day’s pay; live within your means #MargaretThatcher
Economics are the method; the object
is to change the heart and soul. #MargaretThatcher
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MARGARET
THATCHER DIES
Margaret Thatcher, the
unyielding conservative politician who from 1979 to 1990 served as Britain's
first female prime minister – and the 20th century's longest running – died
Monday. She was 87.
Her spokesman Lord Bell made the announcement: "It is with great sadness that Mark and Carol Thatcher announced that their mother Baroness Thatcher died peacefully following a stroke this morning. A further statement will be made later."
Buckingham Palace, meanwhile, released a statement of HRH's intentions. "The Queen was sad to hear the news of the death of Baroness Thatcher," it read. "Her Majesty will be sending a private message of sympathy to the family."
Lady Thatcher, who was awarded title of Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven in 1992, had suffered a series of strokes in recent years, and in 2005 her doctors advised that she no longer give speeches in public. Her decline was dramatized in the 2011 feature film The Iron Lady starring Meryl Streep, who, in a remarkable likeness, received both a Golden Globe award and an Oscar nomination for the role.
But it was in the Prime Minister's role in reshaping her country as capitalism's staunch defender, her contribution (with her ally and friend Ronald Reagan) to the collapse of the Soviet socialist empire, and her fierce anti-trade-union stance that Margaret Hilda Roberts Thatcher will be best remembered.
Born in 1925 to Beatrice and Alfred Roberts, a Grantham shopkeeper, Margaret Hilda studied chemistry and law at Oxford, which she attended on scholarship. At 34 she fought to win – and did – the Tory Parliamentary seat in north London's Finchley, and then climbed her party's ranks. At 44, she landed in the Cabinet, in the traditional woman's position as Education Minister. But she didn't stop there.
In 1975, she challenged Edward Heath for leadership of the Tory party. When she informed Heath of her decision to run, he didn't so much as look up from his desk, instead dismissing her by saying, "You'll lose." She didn't.
Her spokesman Lord Bell made the announcement: "It is with great sadness that Mark and Carol Thatcher announced that their mother Baroness Thatcher died peacefully following a stroke this morning. A further statement will be made later."
Buckingham Palace, meanwhile, released a statement of HRH's intentions. "The Queen was sad to hear the news of the death of Baroness Thatcher," it read. "Her Majesty will be sending a private message of sympathy to the family."
Lady Thatcher, who was awarded title of Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven in 1992, had suffered a series of strokes in recent years, and in 2005 her doctors advised that she no longer give speeches in public. Her decline was dramatized in the 2011 feature film The Iron Lady starring Meryl Streep, who, in a remarkable likeness, received both a Golden Globe award and an Oscar nomination for the role.
But it was in the Prime Minister's role in reshaping her country as capitalism's staunch defender, her contribution (with her ally and friend Ronald Reagan) to the collapse of the Soviet socialist empire, and her fierce anti-trade-union stance that Margaret Hilda Roberts Thatcher will be best remembered.
Born in 1925 to Beatrice and Alfred Roberts, a Grantham shopkeeper, Margaret Hilda studied chemistry and law at Oxford, which she attended on scholarship. At 34 she fought to win – and did – the Tory Parliamentary seat in north London's Finchley, and then climbed her party's ranks. At 44, she landed in the Cabinet, in the traditional woman's position as Education Minister. But she didn't stop there.
In 1975, she challenged Edward Heath for leadership of the Tory party. When she informed Heath of her decision to run, he didn't so much as look up from his desk, instead dismissing her by saying, "You'll lose." She didn't.
Fans and Detractors
As an economic reformer, Maggie, as she was informally
called, set about privatizing Britain's nationalized industries. Even her
detractors – and there were many – credited her policies with helping to turn
around various companies, including the once second-rate British Airways, which
became a profitable, world-class system.
Through sheer willpower, and sometimes the use of her considerable femininity, Thatcher led her country to a spectacular military victory over Argentina in the Falklands War of 1982. Her leadership style was to state the intended goal and then give the military free rein to achieve it.
Her husband, businessman Denis Thatcher, whom she met at a 1949 Paint Trades Federation gathering and married in 1951, died in 2003. She considered him both a husband and a friend, and together they had twins, born in 1953.
Surviving their parents are businessman Mark Thatcher, who has had brushes with the law (including an allegation of U.S. tax evasion, though the case was eventually dropped), and author-TV personality Carol Thatcher.
Through sheer willpower, and sometimes the use of her considerable femininity, Thatcher led her country to a spectacular military victory over Argentina in the Falklands War of 1982. Her leadership style was to state the intended goal and then give the military free rein to achieve it.
Her husband, businessman Denis Thatcher, whom she met at a 1949 Paint Trades Federation gathering and married in 1951, died in 2003. She considered him both a husband and a friend, and together they had twins, born in 1953.
Surviving their parents are businessman Mark Thatcher, who has had brushes with the law (including an allegation of U.S. tax evasion, though the case was eventually dropped), and author-TV personality Carol Thatcher.
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