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Quote from Margaret Thatcher,


"We want a society in which we are free to make choices, to make mistakes, to be generous and compassionate. That is what we mean by a moral society – not a society in which the State is responsible for everything, and no one is responsible for the State."


By:

Margaret Thatcher (more quotes by Margaret Thatcher or books by/about Margaret Thatcher)


(1925-2013) British Prime Minister (1979–1990)

Source:

Speech, Zurich University, 14 March 1977

Categories:

Compassion, Freedom, Generosity, Morality, Responsibility, Society, Statism

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