John MajorTentacles of terrorism spread everywhere371Reading
John MajorIn housing in the fifties in Britain and the sixties, we pulled down the terraces - destroyed whole communities and replaced them with tower blocks and we built walkways that beca… ▶374Hope
John MajorThey seem to have moved from total opposition to total subservience.366Politics
John MajorWell British troops are superb in the field in terms of conflict.344Love
John MajorWhat happens when there is a conflict between the Scottish parliament, if it was established, and the Westminster parliament? Who is supreme?335Truth
John MajorI 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 ch… ▶357Philosophy
John MajorI like the best of the British press. The best of the British press is very good. ✨ 'I shouldn't have read the papers so much when I was PM'. Interview with J… ▶314Reading
John MajorI want Britain to punch its weight in the European Community.271Politics
John MajorI think it's extremely unlikely that the European Union will fracture with nations dropping off the edge. ✨ The Andrew Marr Show, news.bbc.co.uk. October 09, 2011.293Thought
John MajorA consensus politician is someone who does something that he doesn't believe is right because it keeps people quiet when he does it.271HumanityPolitics
John MajorOnly 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. ✨ 1991 Quoted in the Observe… ▶327HumanityThought
John MajorI don't think it's the role of the prime minister to court the press. ✨ John Major tells Leveson inquiry: I was too sensitive about press coverage by Lisa O'Carroll, ww… ▶272Thought
John MajorI think the majority of the British people are still sanguine about the need for war. ✨ Former PM John Major: 'British don't turn tail' from terror. Interview… ▶285HumanityThought
John MajorWhen the euro was born, it was born in the wrong economic circumstances.242Politics
John MajorCertainly we've seen the enormous changes across the whole of the Middle East. The democratic genie is out of the bottle.275Sadness
John MajorI don't have a shred of regret about entering the exchange-rate mechanism.3110Reflection
John MajorI don't think nations can stand aside for ethnic cleansing and genocide. ✨ Major, the chicken turned hawk. www.theguardian.com. April 10, 1999.266Thought
John MajorWell what would happen is that if Greece defaulted and couldn't pay its debts, all the Greek bonds that are held in other banking systems across Western Europe would suddenly have… ▶202Death
John MajorI thought I could do something different from any Conservative prime minister before me. But I couldn't. ✨ John Major: The old man and me. Interview with Angela Wintle, www.… ▶257Thought
John MajorI think we can get respect for Parliament back providing governments and oppositions are frank.213PoliticsThought
John MajorWhen your back is against the wall, there is only one thing to do, and that is turn around and fight.171Death
John MajorDisunity costs votes. ✨ UK economy has passed darkest moment, says John Major by Nicholas Watt, www.theguardian.com. September 16, 2012.226Time
John MajorThe first requirement of politics is not intellect or stamina but patience. Politics is a very long run game and the tortoise will usually beat the hare. ✨ The Wit and Wisdo… ▶204PhilosophyPoliticsReading
John MajorIt is time to return to those core values, time to get back to basics: to self-discipline and respect for the law, to consideration for others, to accepting responsibility for you… ▶205HumanityPoliticsReflection
John MajorWhatever efforts for peace President Gorbachev had in mind, they were pretty substantially undercut very swiftly by Saddam Hussein.228SadnessThought
John MajorIf we want to deliver opportunity for all, we need an economy that delivers jobs for the future.228HopeTime
John MajorI'm not about to write my memoirs. Not for a long time.217Time
John MajorI think the biggest mistake I made was this wretched ability to see both sides of an argument.173Thought
John MajorThere are more myths about Black Wednesday than the Greeks ever created. ✨ John Major tells Leveson inquiry: I was too sensitive about press coverage by Lisa O'Carroll,… ▶206Sadness
John MajorGovernment gets things right does not encourage sales. Government makes another blunder does encourage sales, so there's a commercial imperative that pushes sensationalism. … ▶141PoliticsReading
