All John Major Quotes
- Our country is the richer for her life and the poorer at her death. Country
- Tentacles of terrorism spread everywhere Everywhere
- 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. Changes
- When your back is against the wall, there is only one thing to do, and that is turn around and fight. Fight
- They seem to have moved from total opposition to total subservience. Britain
- Ronnie Barker will forever be remembered as one of the great comic actors. Actor
- 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… Finished
- 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. Baring
- Of course there are regrets. I shall regret always that I found my own authentic voice in politics. I was too conservative, too conventional. Too… Authentic
- 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… Achieved
- My father was 64 when I was conceived, my mother 38, which was late for babies in the 1940s. Babies
- My mother was the center of the family. Center
- The argument that someone is a bad man is an inadequate argument for war and certainly an inadequate and unacceptable argument for regime change. Argument
- 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… Army
- Too many people looked to me in the eye and did not tell me the truth. Eye
- Well, I have concerns about the effectiveness of Europe to compete. Compete
- Well, I think there's a distinction between sexing-up the intelligence and sexing-up the presentation of the intelligence. Distinction
- When I was in office the fundraising was done by the party treasurers. Fundraising
- 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… Agree
- You don't forget crises and neither does the Queen. Crises
- I have been reading the press more regularly than others over 50 years and it seems to me that there are things that have changed… Been
- I mean if you have ever found a politician who says, 'No, no, I would do everything exactly as I did,' then you can tell… Ever Found
- If you look at things that really affect people's lives - sport, the arts, charities - they were always at the back of the queue… Affect
- Let's turn British inventions into British industries, British factories and British jobs. Let them make pounds for us, not dollars marks or yen for others. British
- Give the Germans five deutschmarks and they will save it. But give the British £5 and they will borrow £25 and spend it. Borrow