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

Speech at Lord Mayor's Banquet (12 November 1979) http://www.margaretthatcher.org/speeches/displaydocument.asp?docid=104167
First term as Prime Minister

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British stateswoman and politician 1925–2013

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