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
mistake thinking sides
I think the biggest mistake I made was this wretched ability to see both sides of an argument.
should
I would rather go while I am being urged to stay, than to stay beyond the time when I should go.
terrorism tentacles spread
Tentacles of terrorism spread everywhere
country our-country
Our country is the richer for her life and the poorer at her death.
government lucky coalitions
You're lucky to head a coalition government. I am a coalition government on my own.
believe people doe
A consensus politician is someone who does something that he doesn't believe is right because it keeps people quiet when he does it.
cost vote disunity
Disunity costs votes.
government doe blunders
'Government gets things right' does not encourage sales. 'Government makes another blunder' does encourage sales, so there's a commercial imperative that pushes sensationalism.
bigs prepositions ifs
If is a very big preposition.
war men years
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.
mother
My mother was the center of the family.
queens doe forget
You don't forget crises and neither does the Queen.
country quality ease
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.
regret educational sick
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.