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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.

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John Major
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: March 29
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Rt. Hon. Sir John Major
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