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John Major
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: March 29
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Bank Manager
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Former Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom
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London
England
Sir John Major
Rt. Hon. Sir John Major
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Whatever efforts for peace President Gorbachev had in mind, they were pretty substantially undercut very swiftly by Saddam Hussein.
John Major
Give the Germans five deutschmarks and they will save it. But give the British £5 and they will borrow £25 and spend it.
John Major
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
If is a very big preposition.
John Major
Liberty is equally desirable to the good and to the bad, to the brave and to the dastardly.
John Major
Recovery begins from the darkest moment.
John Major
UN goodwill may be a bottomless pit but it's by no means limitless.
John Major
When I was in office the fundraising was done by the party treasurers.
John Major
I'm not about to write my memoirs. Not for a long time.
John Major
Ronnie Barker will forever be remembered as one of the great comic actors.
John Major
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.
John Major
When our backs are against the wall, we must turn around and march forward.
John Major
The British don't runaway from terrorism. We have had 30-odd years of terrorism in our own country from the Irish Republican Army. We're used to it.
John Major
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.
John Major
I think we can get respect for Parliament back providing governments and oppositions are frank.
John Major
I'm very proud of what my parents achieved and what they stood for. They didn't have much, but in many ways they were richer than most.
John Major
I think the biggest mistake I made was this wretched ability to see both sides of an argument.
John Major
What happens when there is a conflict between the Scottish parliament, if it was established, and the Westminster parliament? Who is supreme?
John Major
There are more myths about Black Wednesday than the Greeks ever created.
John Major
I don't think nations can stand aside for ethnic cleansing and genocide.
John Major