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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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More quotes by John Major
You don't forget crises and neither does the Queen.
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
Too many people looked to me in the eye and did not tell me the truth.
John Major
I think the biggest mistake I made was this wretched ability to see both sides of an argument.
John Major
I don't have a shred of regret about entering the exchange-rate mechanism.
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
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
There are more myths about Black Wednesday than the Greeks ever created.
John Major
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.
John Major
The world has gone through tremendous change recently both nationally andinternationally.
John Major
Political suicide can end a career.
John Major
When your back is against the wall, there is only one thing to do, and that is turn around and fight.
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
When I was in office the fundraising was done by the party treasurers.
John Major
They seem to have moved from total opposition to total subservience.
John Major
I think we can get respect for Parliament back providing governments and oppositions are frank.
John Major
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.
John Major
Recovery begins from the darkest moment.
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
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
