“The violence and intimidation we have seen should never have happened. It is the work of extremists. It is the enemy within.”

—  Margaret Thatcher

TV Interview for BBC2 Newsnight (27 July 1984) http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/105565 <br class="br">Second term as Prime Minister

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