John Major Professions : Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Born : March 29, 1943 Browse All Authors Top 80 quotes by John Major Neil Kinnock's speeches go on for so long because he has nothing to say and so he has no way of knowing when he's finished saying it. John Major knowing goes-on long I mean if you have ever found a politician who says, 'No, no, I would do everything exactly as I did,' then you can tell when he is lying because his lips are moving. John Major mean lying moving I think it's extremely unlikely that the European Union will fracture with nations dropping off the edge. John Major dropping unions thinking If you look at things that really affect people's lives - sport, the arts, charities - they were always at the back of the queue for government money - health, social security, defence, pensions were all way ahead. And each of those areas - sports, the arts, the lottery - got relatively petty cash from the government. John Major government sports art I can't legislate to change human nature. John Major human-nature i-can humans Disunity costs votes. John Major disunity vote cost 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. John Major giving needs thinking When our backs are against the wall, we must turn around and march forward. John Major march turns wall If we want to deliver opportunity for all, we need an economy that delivers jobs for the future. John Major opportunity jobs needs My mother was the center of the family. John Major mother I have been reading the press more regularly than others over 50 years and it seems to me that there are things that have changed in the press that have changed its character. John Major reading character years 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 doe believe people You don't forget crises and neither does the Queen. John Major queens doe forget Political suicide can end a career. John Major political careers suicide 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. John Major men war years 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 educational regret sick "Government gets things right" does not encourage sales. "Government makes another blunder" does encourage sales, so there's a commercial imperative that pushes sensationalism. John Major blunders government doe 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. John Major next country years Tentacles of terrorism spread everywhere John Major tentacles spread terrorism [on Queen Mother] Our country is the richer for her life and the poorer at her death. John Major our-country country Similar Authors Bonar Law former-prime-minister-of-the-united-kingdom Arthur Balfour former-prime-minister-of-the-united-kingdom Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery former-prime-minister-of-the-united-kingdom Anthony Eden former-prime-minister-of-the-united-kingdom Alec Douglas-Home former-prime-minister-of-the-united-kingdom Henry Campbell-Bannerman former-prime-minister-of-the-united-kingdom All Authors