“Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It’s not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it’s when you’ve had everything to do, and you’ve done it.”

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“You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it. ”
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“I do not know anyone who has gotten to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but it will get you pretty near. Hard work.”
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“Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren’t. ”
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“I am extraordinarily patient provided I get my own way in the end. ”
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“It may be the cock that crows, but it is the hen that lays the eggs.”
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“Pennies do not come from heaven -they have to be earned here on earth.”
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“I owe nothing to Women’s Lib.”
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“Of course, it is the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.”
“I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.”
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“This lady is not for turning.
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“Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.”
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“I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end good will triumph.”
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“One only gets to the top rung of the ladder by steadily climbing up one at a time, and suddenly all sorts of powers, all sorts of abilities which you thought never belonged to you–suddenly become within your own possibility and you think, Well, I’ll have a go, too. ”
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“Most women defend themselves. It is the female of the species – it is the tigress and lioness in you – which tends to defend when attacked.”
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“To me, consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies. So it is something in which no one believes and to which no one objects.”
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“If it is once again one against forty-eight, then I am very sorry for the forty-eight.”
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“People think that at the top there isn’t much room. They tend to think of it as an Everest. My message is that there is tons of room at the top.”
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“To wear your heart on your sleeve isn’t a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.”
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“Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.” ……………………………………………………………………………