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 More Quotes by John Major More Quotes From 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 knowinggoes-onlong 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 meanlyingmoving I think it's extremely unlikely that the European Union will fracture with nations dropping off the edge. John Major droppingunionsthinking 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 governmentsportsart I can't legislate to change human nature. John Major human-naturei-canhumans Disunity costs votes. John Major disunityvotecost 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 givingneedsthinking When our backs are against the wall, we must turn around and march forward. John Major marchturnswall If we want to deliver opportunity for all, we need an economy that delivers jobs for the future. John Major opportunityjobsneeds 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 readingcharacteryears You don't forget crises and neither does the Queen. John Major queensdoeforget Political suicide can end a career. John Major politicalcareerssuicide 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 menwaryears 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 educationalregretsick "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 blundersgovernmentdoe 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 nextcountryyears Tentacles of terrorism spread everywhere John Major tentaclesspreadterrorism [on Queen Mother] Our country is the richer for her life and the poorer at her death. John Major our-countrycountry Well what would happen is that if Greece defaulted and couldn't pay its debts, all the Greek bonds that are held in other banking systems across Western Europe would suddenly have no value. You could as a knock-on effect create a banking crisis in Western Europe. John Major banking-crisisgreekeurope
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