John Major Quotes

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.
John Major

Family, Time, Respect

Life is full of surprises.
John Major

Life, Full, Surprises

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.
John Major

Politics, Patience, Long

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.
John Major

Regret, Enough, Sick

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

Someone, Quiet, Politician

Recovery begins from the darkest moment.
John Major

Moment, Begins, Recovery

Society needs to condemn a little more and understand a little less.
John Major

Society, Understand, Less

Certainly we've seen the enormous changes across the whole of the Middle East. The democratic genie is out of the bottle.
John Major

Whole, Seen, Changes

Disunity costs votes.
John Major

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

Regret, Mechanism, Shred

I don't think it's the role of the prime minister to court the press.
John Major

Role, Press, Court

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

Stand, Nations, Aside

I like the best of the British press. The best of the British press is very good.
John Major

Good, Best, Press

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

Off, Union, Nations

I think the biggest mistake I made was this wretched ability to see both sides of an argument.
John Major

Both, Mistake, Ability

I think the majority of the British people are still sanguine about the need for war.
John Major

War, Majority, British

I think we can get respect for Parliament back providing governments and oppositions are frank.
John Major

Respect, Providing, Parliament

I thought I could do something different from any Conservative prime minister before me. But I couldn't.
John Major

Different, Thought, Before

I want Britain to punch its weight in the European Community.
John Major

Community, Weight, Britain

I'm not about to write my memoirs. Not for a long time.
John Major

Time, Long, Write

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

Parents, Proud, Ways

If we want to deliver opportunity for all, we need an economy that delivers jobs for the future.
John Major

Future, Economy, Jobs

My father was 64 when I was conceived, my mother 38, which was late for babies in the 1940s.
John Major

Mother, Father, Late

My mother was the center of the family.
John Major

Family, Mother, Center

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

Stupid, Thought, Half

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Politician

Born: March 29, 1943

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