... 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 to themselves first. It's our duty to look after ourselves and then, also to look after our neighbour. People have got the entitlements too much in mind, without the obligations. There's no such thing as entitlement, unless someone has first met an obligation. Margaret Thatcher "Aids, Education and the Year 2000," Woman's Own, 3 October 1987, pp. 8-10 The full quote has much more meaning than just the individualistic approach, on reflection we can see that Margaret Thatcher was saying that although a government is in power, the people ultimately are in charge, and even though people argue about bad decisions and poor relations from office it is up to the people to revolt. The choice is there for 'society', so why ...

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