Thatcher quote

[Jacob Segal]

>Marta Russell wrote:
>
>>Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (and new Blair buddy) said
>>something to the effect, “there is no society, only individuals.”
>>Can anyone give me a citation for this statement (and or correct me if
>>I've got it off)?
>
>Not a Brit, but:
>
>"There is no such thing as society. There are individual men and women, and
>there are families. And no government can do anything except through people,
>and people must look after themselves. It's our duty to look after ourselves
>and then to look after our neighbour."
>  - Margaret Thatcher, _Womens Own_, 31 October 1987
>
>Doug

I recall reading in a Newsweek article Thatcher writing that the whole idea
of "class" was invented by socialists.

Jacob Segal