On hearing the news of Margaret Thatcher's resignation (22 November 1990), quoted in John Campbell, Edward Heath (London: Jonathan Cape, 1993), p. 787. When asked later if it was true that he had issued such a joyful declaration on his rival's political demise, he said no. He hadn't said rejoice twice, he had said it three times.
Post-Prime Ministerial
“Just rejoice at that news and congratulate our forces and the marines... Rejoice.”
Margaret Thatcher (1925–2013) British stateswoman and politician
Remarks to the press in Downing Street (25 April 1982) http://www.margaretthatcher.org/speeches/displaydocument.asp?docid=104923 on announcing the liberation of South Georgia. <br class="br">First term as Prime Minister
Tertullian (155–220) Christian theologian
Source: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ante-Nicene_Fathers/Volume_III/Apologetic/On_Idolatry/Of_the_Observance_of_Days_Connected_with_Idolatry Chapter 13, On Idolatry
“Rejoice not in another man's misfortune!”
Pythagoras (-585–-495 BC) ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher
The Sayings of the Wise (1555)
Golda Meir (1898–1978) former prime minister of Israel
As quoted in As Good as Golda : The Warmth and Wisdom of Israel's Prime Minister (1970) edited by Israel Shenker and Mary Shenker, p. 28
Context: We owe a responsibility not only to those who are in Israel but also to those generations that are no more, to those millions who have died within our lifetime, to Jews all over the world, and to generations of Jews to come. We hate war. We do not rejoice in victories. We rejoice when a new kind of cotton is grown, and when strawberries bloom in Israel.
“Christmas is a season not only of rejoicing, but of reflection.”
Winston S. Churchill (1874–1965) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
“Rejoice with your family in the beautiful land of life.”
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
“I rejoice to live in such a splendidly disturbing time!”
Helen Keller (1880–1968) American author and political activist
