"You and I come by road or rail, but economists travel on infrastructure." ― Margaret Thatcher Topic(s): Courage More From Margaret Thatcher "Democratic nations must try to find ways to starve the terrorist and the hijacker of the oxygen of publicity on which they depend." "One of the things being in politics has taught me is that men are not a reasoned or reasonable sex." "There are still people in my party who believe in consensus politics. I regard them as Quislings, as traitors… I mean it." More In Courage "The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy."― John F. Kennedy "A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek."― Samuel Johnson "Washington’s answer to a self-inflicted financial crisis reminded Americans why they so deeply distrust the political class. The ‘fiscal cliff’ process was secretive and sloppy, and the nation’s so-called leadership lacked the political courage to address our root problems: joblessness and debt."― Ron Fournier