While many decry partisan politics and point to moderates as the ideal political philosophy, Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013) thought otherwise. The former prime minister of the United Kingdom was famously known as “The Iron Lady” because of her resolute will. She embraced conservative politics and cautioned against those who thought otherwise. She warned, “Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.”

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