John Major
John Major
Sir John Major, KG, CH, PCis a British politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and the Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990 to 1997. He served consecutively as Foreign Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Thatcher Government from 1989 to 1990, and was the Member of Parliament for Huntingdon from 1979 to 2001...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth29 March 1943
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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.
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There are more myths about Black Wednesday than the Greeks ever created.
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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.
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They seem to have moved from total opposition to total subservience.
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UN goodwill may be a bottomless pit but it's by no means limitless.
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I will turn directly to the Asylum Bill later.
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The world has gone through tremendous change recently; both nationally andinternationally.
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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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Ronnie Barker will forever be remembered as one of the great comic actors.
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You cannot think of Margaret without Denis. There comes a time when every Prime Minister needs someone to give him or her the unvarnished truth, and, in Denis, Margaret had just that.
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Some people eat eggs, I wear them.
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I can't legislate to change human nature.
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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.
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If we want to deliver opportunity for all, we need an economy that delivers jobs for the future.