Margaret Thatcher Quotes
I have made it quite clear that a unified Ireland was one solution that is out. A second solution was a confederation of two states. That is out. A third solution was joint authority. That is out-that is a derogation of sovereignty.
Thatcher, Margaret. Press Conference following the Anglo-Irish Summit. 19 Nov. 1984, Chequers, England.
Even in modern times many politicians the world over agree with Davis’s point that for a government to function well, the nation must have a homogenous citizenship. This is especially true of dictatorships where control of a uniform culture and populous is easier than if it is diverse nation. In modern times, the three greatest economic and scientific powers, the United States, The Soviet Union, and China were and are multicultural societies with different ethnicities, races, religions, and cultures among their sitizenry.
See {640102} and {640101} for his view of what a nation is not.
. We cannot suffer a foreign government to allow plots to our polity to be hatched on its territory!
The assassins and plotters who murdered the Archduke of Austria in Sarajevo were 5 Serbs and a Bosnian. They planned their operation in Serbia. This was the excuse that Austria was giving for going to war with Serbia who had an alliance with Russia.
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, DStJ, PC, FRS, HonFRSC was a British stateswoman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She was the longest-serving British prime minister of the 20th century and the first woman to hold that office. A Soviet journalist dubbed her the "Iron Lady", a nickname that became associated with her uncompromising politics and leadership style. As prime minister, she implemented policies that became known as Thatcherism.
