Margaret was the best prime minister of my lifetime. Mythology has turned Thatcher into someone regarded either as a goddess by her supporters or an evil witch by her opponents.

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• Kenneth Clarke:

  My entire political career has been based on building up Britain's political standing and economic

• Kenneth Clarke:

  Margaret Thatcher and John Major knew that bluff and bravado doesn't work in Brussels.

• Richard Petty:

  No one wants to quit when he's losing and no one wants to quit when he's winning.

• Richard Petty:

  Cats know, comin' out of four, they better be standin' on it, else they'll be standin' in it.

• Richard Petty:

  I quit driving, I'm not retired.

• Richard Petty:

  I'd rather be called King than other things I've been called.

• Richard Petty:

  Now they're getting so politically correct you can't even stick your tongue out at somebody.

• Richard Petty:

  If guys don't respect themselves, they don't respect other people. That's times and personalities.

• Richard Petty:

  If there are 10 people there, two or three are going to recognize you.

• Richard Petty:

  I don't know if it was much of an interview. We just shot the breeze.