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I'm not about to write my memoirs. Not for a long time.

John Major

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John Major
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: March 29
Autobiographer
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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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You've had an extremely weak euro on the foreign exchange markets, you've had a very dubious policy being followed.
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The world has gone through tremendous change recently both nationally andinternationally.
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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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When your back is against the wall, there is only one thing to do, and that is turn around and fight.
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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.
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You don't forget crises and neither does the Queen.
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Neil Kinnock's speeches go on for so long because he has nothing to say and so he has no way of knowing when he's finished saying it.
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My mother was the center of the family.
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Recovery begins from the darkest moment.
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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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If you look back historically, admittedly a long time ago, there were three Afghan wars in which Britain didn't even come a good second. In more recent years the Russians were there with 120,000 men for ten years.
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I don't have a shred of regret about entering the exchange-rate mechanism.
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