"I came to office with one deliberate intent: to change Britain from a dependent to a self-reliant society β from a give-it-to-me, to a do-it-yourself nation. A get-up-and-go, instead of a sit-back-and-wait-for-it Britain."
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Margaret Thatcher, Speech to the Small Business Bureau Conference, Lakeside Country Club, Frimley, Surrey (8 February 1984)
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