Along
with Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II, Margaret Thatcher was a
giant of our era and, indeed, of history. These three leaders brought
about the fall of Soviet communism and the resurgence of political
and economic liberty around the world. Like Reagan, Thatcher
was one of those rare individuals who was both a movement leader and
an effective political leader. It is one thing to have firm
ideas, quite another to have the skills to bring them into being and
for them to endure after you leave office. The current economic
crisis has put Margaret Thatcher’s ideas and ideals under siege
even though this disaster resulted from ignoring her and Reagan’sfundamental free market principles.
Thatcher’s
rise was astonishing. The notion that a grocer’s daughter
could become leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister in
class-ridden Britain would have been preposterous. In business
it’s usually outsiders who fundamentally shakeup an existing
industry or creates an entirely new ones. In politics it takes
a severe crisis for an outlier to emerge. Though he had a
pedigreed background, Winston Churchill was very much the outsider,
intensely distrusted and disliked by his own party and much of the
public. Only when Britain’s very existence was at stake could he
reach the summit. In Thatcher’s case it was an acute economic
and social crisis that enabled her to emerge.
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