Thatcher THE CROWN Enemies quote, Charles Mackay | The Crown Season 4, Gillian Anderson's Thatcher

Gillian Anderson plays Margaret Thatcher in The Crown. This scene is from the end of season 4 episode 2, wherein she informs the Queen through poetry that she doesn't mind having her for an enemy.

Original quote by Chartist poet Charles Mackay:
  / you-have-no-enemies-you-say-alas-my-friend...  

You have no enemies, you say?
Alas, my friend, your boast is poor.
He who as mingled in the fray
of duty that the brave endure
must have made foes. If you have none,
small is the work that you have done.
You’ve hit no traitor on the hip.
You’ve dashed no cup from perjured lip.
You’ve never turned the wrong to right.
You’ve been a coward in the fight.

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