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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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John Major
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: March 29
Autobiographer
Bank Manager
Banker
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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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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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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They seem to have moved from total opposition to total subservience.
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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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I think it's extremely unlikely that the European Union will fracture with nations dropping off the edge.
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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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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.
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I am not running as Son of Margaret Thatcher. I have my own priorities and my own programmes.
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Political suicide can end a career.
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Disunity costs votes.
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I want Britain to punch its weight in the European Community.
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Recovery begins from the darkest moment.
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When our backs are against the wall, we must turn around and march forward.
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What happens when there is a conflict between the Scottish parliament, if it was established, and the Westminster parliament? Who is supreme?
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