Because much rewriting of history is destroying the truth.
The Right Honourable Margaret Thatcher
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1979-1990)
Quote in Context
This quote is an excerpt from a speech delivered by Margaret Thatcher to the Conservative Central Council on March 15, 1986 in Felixstowe: For popular capitalism, which is the economic expression of liberty, is proving a much more attractive means for diffusing power in our society. Socialists cry “Power to the people,” and raise the clenched fist as they say it. We all know what they really mean—power over people, power to the State. To us Conservatives, popular capitalism means what it says: power through ownership to the man and woman in the street, given confidently with an open hand.
Biography
MARGARET HILDA THATCHER, Baroness Thatcher, LG OM PC FRS (née Roberts, 13 October 1925 – 8 April 2013) was a British politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and the Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She was the longest-serving British Prime Minister of the 20th century and is the only woman to have held the office. A Soviet journalist called her the "Iron Lady", a nickname that became associated with her uncompromising politics and leadership style. As Prime Minister, she implemented policies that have come to be known as Thatcherism. Margaret Thatcher also served as Secretary of State for Education and Science, and Member of Parliament for Finchley.