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I want Britain to punch its weight in the European Community.

John Major

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John Major
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: March 29
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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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If the answer is more politicians, you are asking the wrong question.
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You don't forget crises and neither does the Queen.
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I don't think nations can stand aside for ethnic cleansing and genocide.
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