“Pennies don't fall from heaven, they have to be earned here on earth.”

—  Margaret Thatcher

Speech at Lord Mayor&#x27;s Banquet (12 November 1979) http://www.margaretthatcher.org/speeches/displaydocument.asp?docid=104167 <br class="br">First term as Prime Minister

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