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Give the Germans five deutschmarks and they will save it. But give the British £5 and they will borrow £25 and spend it.

John Major

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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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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'm not about to write my memoirs. Not for a long time.
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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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They seem to have moved from total opposition to total subservience.
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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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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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If is a very big preposition.
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If you look at things that really affect people's lives - sport, the arts, charities - they were always at the back of the queue for government money - health, social security, defence, pensions were all way ahead. And each of those areas - sports, the arts, the lottery - got relatively petty cash from the government.
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I don't think it's the role of the prime minister to court the press.
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If the answer is more politicians, you are asking the wrong question.
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There are more myths about Black Wednesday than the Greeks ever created.
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I think we can get respect for Parliament back providing governments and oppositions are frank.
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