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There are more myths about Black Wednesday than the Greeks ever created.

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John Major
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: March 29
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Former Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom
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Sir John Major
Rt. Hon. Sir John Major
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If the answer is more politicians, you are asking the wrong question.
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I don't think nations can stand aside for ethnic cleansing and genocide.
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I think it's extremely unlikely that the European Union will fracture with nations dropping off the edge.
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I think the biggest mistake I made was this wretched ability to see both sides of an argument.
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Certainly we've seen the enormous changes across the whole of the Middle East. The democratic genie is out of the bottle.
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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.
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My father was 64 when I was conceived, my mother 38, which was late for babies in the 1940s.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Liberty is equally desirable to the good and to the bad, to the brave and to the dastardly.
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I think we can get respect for Parliament back providing governments and oppositions are frank.
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