Margaret Thatcher Quote

A man's right to work as he will, to spend what he earns, to own property, to have the State as servant and not as master: these are the British inheritance. They are the essence of a free economy. And on that freedom all our other freedoms depend.


In a speech to the Conservative Party Conference (10 October, 1975) - Shadow Secretary for Environment


A man's right to work as he will, to spend what he earns, to own property, to have the State as servant and not as master: these are the British...

A man's right to work as he will, to spend what he earns, to own property, to have the State as servant and not as master: these are the British...

A man's right to work as he will, to spend what he earns, to own property, to have the State as servant and not as master: these are the British...

A man's right to work as he will, to spend what he earns, to own property, to have the State as servant and not as master: these are the British...