John Major Quotes

• Cuando estás entre la espada y la pared, sólo puedes hacer una cosa: darte la vuelta y luchar.

  John Major

  Funny, Motivational, Wall

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• Fifty years from now Britain will still be the country of long shadows on county grounds, warm beer, invincible green suburbs, dog lovers and pools fillers and - as George Orwell said - “old maids bicycling to Holy Communion through the morning mist” and if we get our way - Shakespeare still read even in school.

  John Major

  Country, Dog, Morning

  John Major's speech to the Conservative Group for Europe, www.johnmajor.co.uk. April 22, 1993.

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• Society needs to condemn a little more and understand a little less.

  John Major

  Needs, Littles

  Interview, Mail on Sunday (London), 21 Feb. 1993

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• Recovery begins from the darkest moment.

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  Life, Recovery, Moments

  "UK economy has passed darkest moment, says John Major" by Nicholas Watt, www.theguardian.com. September 16, 2012.

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• If the answer is more politicians, you are asking the wrong question.

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  Asking, Answers, Politician

  "Why the Lords doesn't need more politicians" by Vernon Bogdanor, www.telegraph.co.uk. February 11, 2007.

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• El político que nunca cometió un error nunca tomó una decisión.

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  Mistake, Failure, Discovery

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• Whether you agree with me, disagree with me, like me or loathe me, don't bind my hands when I am negotiating on behalf of the British people.

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  Hands, British, Behalf

  "At war with his party". The Guardian, April 17, 1997.

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• Well, I have concerns about the effectiveness of Europe to compete.

  John Major

  Europe, Effectiveness, Concern

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• A country of long shadows on county cricket grounds, warm beer, green suburbs, dog lovers, and old maids cycling to holy communion through the morning mist.

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  Country, Dog, Morning

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• I want to see us build a country that is at ease with itself, a country that is confident and a country that is able and willing to build a better quality of life for all its citizens.

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  Country, Quality, Citizens

  "Twentieth-century British political facts, 1900-2000". Book by David Butler, Gareth Butler, 2000.

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• 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.

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  Jobs, Dollars, Pounds

  "Major goes back to the old values" by Patrick Wintour and Stephen Bates, www.theguardian.com. October 9, 1993.

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• 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.

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  Knowing, Long, Goes On

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• I think it's extremely unlikely that the European Union will fracture with nations dropping off the edge.

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  Thinking, Unions, Dropping

  "The Andrew Marr Show", news.bbc.co.uk. October 09, 2011.

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• 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.

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  Country, Army, Years

  "Former PM John Major: 'British don't turn tail' from terror". Interview with Wolf Blitzer, www.cnn.com. September 10, 2003.

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• I don't have a shred of regret about entering the exchange-rate mechanism.

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  Regret, Entering, Rate

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• It is time to return to those core values, time to get back to basics: to self-discipline and respect for the law, to consideration for others, to accepting responsibility for yourself and your family, and not shuffling it off on other people and the state.

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  Responsibility, Self, Law

  "Major gives seal of approval to Tories' right-wing agenda". The Sunday Times, October 9, 1993.

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• En el sector de la vivienda, en los años cincuenta y sesenta en Gran Bretaña, derribamos las terrazas, destruimos comunidades enteras y las sustituimos por bloques de pisos. Esa era la opinión de moda. Pero era errónea.

  John Major

  Running, Block, Community

  "Major goes back to the old values" by Patrick Wintour and Stephen Bates, www.theguardian.com. October 9, 1993.

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• Disunity costs votes.

  John Major

  Cost, Vote, Disunity

  "UK economy has passed darkest moment, says John Major" by Nicholas Watt, www.theguardian.com. September 16, 2012.

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• I can't legislate to change human nature.

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  Human Nature, Humans, I Can

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• 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, they're great public servants and they do an absolutely tremendous job.

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  Jobs, People, House

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• I don't think nations can stand aside for ethnic cleansing and genocide.

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  Thinking, Cleansing, Genocide

  "Major, the chicken turned hawk". www.theguardian.com. April 10, 1999.

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• Give the Germans five deutschmarks and they will save it. But give the British £5 and they will borrow £25 and spend it.

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  Business, Giving, Debt

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• I am not running as Son of Margaret Thatcher. I have my own priorities and my own programmes.

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  Running, Son, Priorities

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• 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 the resources to put in place the educational and social changes about which I cared to much; I made only a beginning, and it was not enough.

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  Regret, Educational, Sick

  John Major (2013). “John Major: The Autobiography”, p.9, HarperCollins UK

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• 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 safe, too often. Too defensive. Too reactive. Later, too often on the back foot.

  John Major

  Regret, Voice, Feet

  John Major (2013). “John Major: The Autobiography”, p.9, HarperCollins UK

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