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John Major quotes: Society needs to condemn a little more and understand a little less. Society needs to condemn a little more and understand a little less.
John Major quotes: They seem to have moved from total opposition to total subservience. They seem to have moved from total opposition to total subservience.
John Major quotes: The British don't runaway from terrorism. We have had 30-odd years of terrorism in our own country from the Irish Republican Army. We're used to it. The British don't runaway from terrorism. We have had 30-odd years of terrorism in our own country from the Irish Republican Army. We're used to it.
John Major quotes: The politician who never made a mistake never made a decision. The politician who never made a mistake never made a decision.
John Major quotes: If is a very big preposition. If is a very big preposition.
John Major quotes: Neil Kinnock's speeches go on for so long because he has nothing to say and so he has no way of knowing when he's finished saying it. Neil Kinnock's speeches go on for so long because he has nothing to say and so he has no way of knowing when he's finished saying it.
John Major quotes: I thought I could do something different from any Conservative prime minister before me. But I couldn't. I thought I could do something different from any Conservative prime minister before me. But I couldn't.
John Major quotes: Too many people looked to me in the eye and did not tell me the truth. Too many people looked to me in the eye and did not tell me the truth.
John Major quotes: Whatever efforts for peace President Gorbachev had in mind, they were pretty substantially undercut very swiftly by Saddam Hussein. Whatever efforts for peace President Gorbachev had in mind, they were pretty substantially undercut very swiftly by Saddam Hussein.
John Major quotes: Well, I think there's a distinction between sexing-up the intelligence and sexing-up the presentation of the intelligence. Well, I think there's a distinction between sexing-up the intelligence and sexing-up the presentation of the intelligence.
John Major quotes: When the euro was born, it was born in the wrong economic circumstances. When the euro was born, it was born in the wrong economic circumstances.
John Major quotes: Give the Germans five deutschmarks and they will save it. But give the British £5 and they will borrow £25 and spend it. Give the Germans five deutschmarks and they will save it. But give the British £5 and they will borrow £25 and spend it.
John Major quotes: I think it's extremely unlikely that the European Union will fracture with nations dropping off the edge. I think it's extremely unlikely that the European Union will fracture with nations dropping off the edge.
John Major quotes: Only in Britain could it be thought a defect to be too clever by half. The probability is that too many people are too stupid by three-quarters. Only in Britain could it be thought a defect to be too clever by half. The probability is that too many people are too stupid by three-quarters.
John Major quotes: Liberty is equally desirable to the good and to the bad, to the brave and to the dastardly. Liberty is equally desirable to the good and to the bad, to the brave and to the dastardly.
John Major quotes: When I was in office the fundraising was done by the party treasurers. When I was in office the fundraising was done by the party treasurers.
John Major quotes: I would rather go while I am being urged to stay, than to stay beyond the time when I should go. I would rather go while I am being urged to stay, than to stay beyond the time when I should go.
John Major quotes: Certainly we've seen the enormous changes across the whole of the Middle East. The democratic genie is out of the bottle. Certainly we've seen the enormous changes across the whole of the Middle East. The democratic genie is out of the bottle.
John Major quotes: Tentacles of terrorism spread everywhere Tentacles of terrorism spread everywhere
John Major quotes: I'm very proud of what my parents achieved and what they stood for. They didn't have much, but in many ways they were richer than most. I'm very proud of what my parents achieved and what they stood for. They didn't have much, but in many ways they were richer than most.
John Major quotes: Well, I have concerns about the effectiveness of Europe to compete. Well, I have concerns about the effectiveness of Europe to compete.
John Major quotes: You don't forget crises and neither does the Queen. You don't forget crises and neither does the Queen.
John Major quotes: Recovery begins from the darkest moment. Recovery begins from the darkest moment.
John Major quotes: I don't think nations can stand aside for ethnic cleansing and genocide. I don't think nations can stand aside for ethnic cleansing and genocide.
John Major quotes: I don't think it's the role of the prime minister to court the press. I don't think it's the role of the prime minister to court the press.
John Major quotes: Political suicide can end a career. Political suicide can end a career.
John Major quotes: Ronnie Barker will forever be remembered as one of the great comic actors. Ronnie Barker will forever be remembered as one of the great comic actors.
John Major quotes: I think we can get respect for Parliament back providing governments and oppositions are frank. I think we can get respect for Parliament back providing governments and oppositions are frank.
John Major quotes: I will turn directly to the Asylum Bill later. I will turn directly to the Asylum Bill later.
John Major quotes: I think the majority of the British people are still sanguine about the need for war. I think the majority of the British people are still sanguine about the need for war.
John Major quotes: I like the best of the British press. The best of the British press is very good. I like the best of the British press. The best of the British press is very good.
John Major quotes: If the answer is more politicians, you are asking the wrong question. If the answer is more politicians, you are asking the wrong question.
John Major quotes: Our country is the richer for her life and the poorer at her death. Our country is the richer for her life and the poorer at her death.
John Major quotes: You're lucky to head a coalition government. I am a coalition government on my own. You're lucky to head a coalition government. I am a coalition government on my own.
John Major quotes: When our backs are against the wall, we must turn around and march forward. When our backs are against the wall, we must turn around and march forward.
John Major quotes: My father was 64 when I was conceived, my mother 38, which was late for babies in the 1940s. My father was 64 when I was conceived, my mother 38, which was late for babies in the 1940s.
John Major quotes: UN goodwill may be a bottomless pit but it's by no means limitless. UN goodwill may be a bottomless pit but it's by no means limitless.
John Major quotes: Well British troops are superb in the field in terms of conflict. Well British troops are superb in the field in terms of conflict.
John Major quotes: In the next ten years we will have to continue to make changes which will make the whole of this country a genuinely classless society. In the next ten years we will have to continue to make changes which will make the whole of this country a genuinely classless society.
John Major quotes: I can't legislate to change human nature. I can't legislate to change human nature.
John Major quotes: When your back is against the wall, there is only one thing to do, and that is turn around and fight. When your back is against the wall, there is only one thing to do, and that is turn around and fight.
John Major quotes: If we want to deliver opportunity for all, we need an economy that delivers jobs for the future. If we want to deliver opportunity for all, we need an economy that delivers jobs for the future.
John Major quotes: Some people eat eggs, I wear them. Some people eat eggs, I wear them.
John Major quotes: Whether you agree with me or disagree with me; like me or loathe me, don't bind my hands when I am negotiating on behalf of the British nation. Whether you agree with me or disagree with me; like me or loathe me, don't bind my hands when I am negotiating on behalf of the British nation.
John Major quotes: My mother was the center of the family. My mother was the center of the family.
John Major quotes: I don't have a shred of regret about entering the exchange-rate mechanism. I don't have a shred of regret about entering the exchange-rate mechanism.
John Major quotes: What happens when there is a conflict between the Scottish parliament, if it was established, and the Westminster parliament? Who is supreme? What happens when there is a conflict between the Scottish parliament, if it was established, and the Westminster parliament? Who is supreme?
John Major quotes: I'm not about to write my memoirs. Not for a long time. I'm not about to write my memoirs. Not for a long time.
John Major quotes: I am not running as Son of Margaret Thatcher. I have my own priorities and my own programmes. I am not running as Son of Margaret Thatcher. I have my own priorities and my own programmes.
John Major quotes: There are more myths about Black Wednesday than the Greeks ever created. There are more myths about Black Wednesday than the Greeks ever created.
John Major quotes: I am walking over hot coals suspended over a deep pit at the bottom of which are a large number of vipers baring their fangs. I am walking over hot coals suspended over a deep pit at the bottom of which are a large number of vipers baring their fangs.
John Major quotes: The argument that someone is a bad man is an inadequate argument for war and certainly an inadequate and unacceptable argument for regime change. The argument that someone is a bad man is an inadequate argument for war and certainly an inadequate and unacceptable argument for regime change.
John Major quotes: I think the biggest mistake I made was this wretched ability to see both sides of an argument. I think the biggest mistake I made was this wretched ability to see both sides of an argument.
John Major quotes: A consensus politician is someone who does something that he doesn't believe is right because it keeps people quiet when he does it. A consensus politician is someone who does something that he doesn't believe is right because it keeps people quiet when he does it.
John Major quotes: You've had an extremely weak euro on the foreign exchange markets, you've had a very dubious policy being followed. You've had an extremely weak euro on the foreign exchange markets, you've had a very dubious policy being followed.
John Major quotes: I want Britain to punch its weight in the European Community. I want Britain to punch its weight in the European Community.

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