Margaret Thatcher:

I am still of the opinion that we are not going to get better by spending more money. We are going to get better by spending it more wisely.

— Margaret Thatcher Contemporary

British PM, Iron Lady

Context

Interview with The Observer

Date / Period

1979

Source

https://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/86641

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