Margaret Thatcher:

I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near.

— Margaret Thatcher Contemporary

British PM, Iron Lady

Context

Speech at Conservative Women's Conference

Date / Period

1979

Source

https://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/104043

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Explanation

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Method

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