“Do you know what Margaret Thatcher did in her first Budget? Introduced VAT on yachts! It somewhat ruined my retirement.”

— Edward Heath

1992.[citation needed]
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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1970–1974) 1916–2005

Jonathan Aitken (1942) Conservative Member of Parliament, former British government Cabinet minister

As quoted in A Balance of Power (1986) by James Prior, p. 107.

“Her iron will won international respect. Her unabashed femininity gained women’s. Margaret Thatcher was a lady’s lady.”

Louise Burfitt-Dons (1953) Activist, writer, blogger

Speech to CWCC, London (April 2013)

“The flat tax I got on my first meeting with Margaret Thatcher, who I admired very much and who was a great admirer of Milton Friedman. I met her first when I had been prime minister I think for some months and so on, and when I told her what I am planning to do, she looked at me with these big eyes and said “you are one brave young man.” And then a little bit introduced me on the realities of the Western world on which I was not very well informed. But I didn’t stop.”

Mart Laar (1960) Estonian politician and historian

Interview with Stephen J. Dubner, for 'Freakonomics Radio' podcast (24 March 2010), when asked how he learned the fate of Friedman's policies in the Western world.

“Margaret Thatcher: …The first eleven and a half years have not been so bad – and with regard to a twilight, please remember that there are 24 hours in a day.”

Margaret Thatcher (1925–2013) British stateswoman and politician

House of Commons statement on the CSCE Summit (21 November, 1990) http://www.margaretthatcher.org/speeches/displaydocument.asp?docid=108253
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