Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013) was a British Conservative politician. She was the first woman Prime Minister, and served in that role from 1979 to 1990. She was previously a member of Parliament, Education Secretary, and opposition leader.


It is a fact, too—although a curious one—that the sale of small arms to gun enthusiasts or sportsmen produces a greater sense of moral outrage in western society than is produced by the sale to psychotic despots of weaponry capable of killing thousands.

Socialist governments traditionally do make a financial mess. They always run out of other people's money.

There is no such thing as public money; there is only taxpayers’ money.

We are all unequal. No one, thank heavens, is like anyone else.... We believe that everyone has the right to be unequal but to us every human being is equally important.

We may have equality of opportunity, but if the only opportunity is to be equal, it is not opportunity.

We who believe in strong defense are the true peace party.

Scott Bradford is a writer and technologist who has been putting his opinions online since 1995. He believes in three inviolable human rights: life, liberty, and property. He is a Catholic Christian who worships the trinitarian God described in the Nicene Creed. Scott is a husband, nerd, pet lover, and AMC/Jeep enthusiast with a B.S. degree in public administration from George Mason University.