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Political suicide can end a career.

John Major

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John Major
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: March 29
Autobiographer
Bank Manager
Banker
Former Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom
Politician
London
England
Sir John Major
Rt. Hon. Sir John Major
Ends
Suicide
Career
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Political

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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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The world has gone through tremendous change recently both nationally andinternationally.
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A country of long shadows on county cricket grounds, warm beer, green suburbs, dog lovers, and old maids cycling to holy communion through the morning mist.
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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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You don't forget crises and neither does the Queen.
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When our backs are against the wall, we must turn around and march forward.
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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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Only in Britain could it be thought a defect to be too clever by half. The probability is that too many people are too stupid by three-quarters.
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