John Major Quotes
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Well British troops are superb in the field in terms of conflict.
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I thought I could do something different from any Conservative prime minister before me. But I couldn't.
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Life is full of surprises.
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'Government gets things right' does not encourage sales. 'Government makes another blunder' does encourage sales, so there's a commercial imperative that pushes sensationalism.
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I don't think it's the role of the prime minister to court the press.
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A soundbite never buttered any parsnips.
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Oh, Lord, if I must die today,Please make it after Close of Play.For this, I know, if nothing more,I will not go, without the score . . .
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Summers simply won't be the same without him.
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The argument that someone is a bad man is an inadequate argument for war and certainly an inadequate and unacceptable argument for regime change.
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If you look back historically, admittedly a long time ago, there were three Afghan wars in which Britain didn't even come a good second. In more recent years the Russians were there with 120,000 men for ten years.
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You don't forget crises and neither does the Queen.
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Disunity costs votes.
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The Conservative Party must make its choice. Every leader is leader only with the support of his party. That is true of me too. That is why I am no longer prepared to tolerate the present situation. In short, it is time to put up or shut up.
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Recovery begins from the darkest moment.
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What happens when there is a conflict between the Scottish parliament, if it was established, and the Westminster parliament? Who is supreme?
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Whatever efforts for peace President Gorbachev had in mind, they were pretty substantially undercut very swiftly by Saddam Hussein.
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Ronnie Barker will forever be remembered as one of the great comic actors.
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If the answer is more politicians, you are asking the wrong question.
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The sight of allegedly sophisticated politicians parroting complete tripe trivialises and demeans government and it has to be stopped. It's played a significant part in public disillusionment with politics and has led to the absurd situation where more people vote for 'Strictly Come Dancing' than voted in the general election.
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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 the others, to accepting responsibility for yourself and your family - and not shuffling it off on other people and the state.
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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 the hare.
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Well, I think there's a distinction between sexing-up the intelligence and sexing-up the presentation of the intelligence.
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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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When I was in office the fundraising was done by the party treasurers.