"Prosperity will not come by inventing more and more lavish public expenditure programmes. You do not grow richer by ordering another cheque-book from the Bank. No nation ever grew more prosperous by taxing its citizens beyond their capacity to pay. We have a duty to make sure that every penny piece we raise in taxation is spent wisely and well." — Speech to Conservative Party Conference (1983) #history #conservatives #leadership #economy #2025 | The Grocer's Daughter