Fifty years from now Britain will still be the country of long shadows on county grounds, warm beer, invincible green suburbs, dog lovers and pools fillers and - as George Orwell said - “old maids bicycling to Holy Communion through the morning mist” and if we get our way - Shakespeare still read even in school.

John Major

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When your back is against the wall, there is only one thing to do, and that is turn around and fight.

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Whether you agree with me, disagree with me, like me or loathe me, don't bind my hands when I am negotiating on behalf of the British people.

behalf british hands

I have a huge admiration for the House of Lords, I have a huge admiration for the people who work in the House of Lords, they're great public servants and they do an absolutely tremendous job.

house jobs people

Well, I have concerns about the effectiveness of Europe to compet... by John Major

Well, I have concerns about the effectiveness of Europe to compete.

concern effectiveness europe

I don't have a shred of regret about entering the exchange-rate m... by John Major

I don't have a shred of regret about entering the exchange-rate mechanism.

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Recovery begins from the darkest moment. by John Major

Recovery begins from the darkest moment.

recovery moments life

Society needs to condemn a little more and understand a little le... by John Major

Society needs to condemn a little more and understand a little less.

littles needs

A country of long shadows on county cricket grounds, warm beer, green suburbs, dog lovers, and old maids cycling to holy communion through the morning mist.

dog morning country

If the answer is more politicians, you are asking the wrong quest... by John Major

If the answer is more politicians, you are asking the wrong question.

politician asking answers

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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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.

quality citizens country

Let's turn British inventions into British industries, British factories and British jobs. Let them make pounds for us, not dollars marks or yen for others.

dollars pounds jobs

I don't think nations can stand aside for ethnic cleansing and ge... by John Major

I don't think nations can stand aside for ethnic cleansing and genocide.

cleansing genocide thinking

It is time to return to those core values, time to get back to basics: to self-discipline and respect for the law, to consideration for others, to accepting responsibility for yourself and your family, and not shuffling it off on other people and the state.

responsibility self law

Give the Germans five deutschmarks and they will save it. But give the British £5 and they will borrow £25 and spend it.

debt business giving

The politician who never made a mistake never made a decision. by John Major

The politician who never made a mistake never made a decision.

failure mistake discovery

I am not running as Son of Margaret Thatcher. I have my own prior... by John Major

I am not running as Son of Margaret Thatcher. I have my own priorities and my own programmes.

priorities running son

In housing in the fifties in Britain and the sixties, we pulled down the terraces - destroyed whole communities and replaced them with tower blocks and we built walkways that became rat-runs for muggers. That was the fashionable opinion. But it was wrong.

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If is a very big preposition. by John Major

If is a very big preposition.

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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.

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