All John Major Quotes
- 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
- It is time to return to core values, time to get back to basics , to self-discipline and respect for the law, to consideration for… Accepting
- Life is full of surprises. Full
- The first requirement of politics is not intellect or stamina but patience. Politics is a very long run game and the tortoise will usually beat… Beat
- Recovery begins from the darkest moment. Begins
- I don't think nations can stand aside for ethnic cleansing and genocide. Aside
- The politician who never made a mistake never made a decision. Decision
- I inherited a sick economy and passed on a sound one. But one abiding regret for me is that, in between, I did not have… Abide
- A consensus politician is someone who does something that he doesn't believe is right because it keeps people quiet when he does it. Believe
- Society needs to condemn a little more and understand a little less. Condemn
- There are more myths about Black Wednesday than the Greeks ever created. Black
- What happens when there is a conflict between the Scottish parliament, if it was established, and the Westminster parliament? Who is supreme? Conflict
- I have a huge admiration for the House of Lords, I have a huge admiration for the people who work in the House of Lords,… Absolutely
- Certainly we've seen the enormous changes across the whole of the Middle East. The democratic genie is out of the bottle. Across
- Disunity costs votes. Cost
- I don't have a shred of regret about entering the exchange-rate mechanism. Entering