I must be absolutely clear about this. Britain cannot accept the present situation on the budget. It is demonstrably unjust. It is politically indefensible. I cannot play Sister Bountiful to the Community while my own electorate are being asked to forego improvements in the fields of health, education, welfare and the rest

As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations (ed. Robson Book Ltd, 1997)