“I stand before you tonight in my Red Star chiffon evening go…”

“I stand before you tonight in my Red Star chiffon evening gown. (Laughter, Applause), my face softly made up and my fair hair gently waved (Laughter), the Iron Lady of the Western world.”

— Margaret Thatcher

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Title: Wikiquote: Margaret Thatcher
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Context

Speech to Finchley Conservatives (31 January 1976)

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Thatcher, Margaret. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Margaret Thatcher. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher

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