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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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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I don't think nations can stand aside for ethnic cleansing and genocide.
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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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I don't think it's the role of the prime minister to court the press.
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I think the majority of the British people are still sanguine about the need for war.
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I think we can get respect for Parliament back providing governments and oppositions are frank.
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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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I think the biggest mistake I made was this wretched ability to see both sides of an argument.
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This is David expressing a personal view that many people will agree with but it isn't party policy
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It is the one event in my life of which I am most ashamed and I have long feared it would be made public.
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There is no indication that magma has reached the surface.
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We want a truly open society, in which every man and woman will be able to go as far as their talent, ambition and effort take them
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The United Kingdom is South Africa's largest foreign investor and I have every reason to image that that is going to remain the case,
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The British government fully supports the unequivocal message to Saddam Hussein that repression of innocent civilians and reckless acts of brutality are unacceptable,