“The 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.”
— John Major
Author: John Major
Category: patience
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Of course there are regrets. I shall
“Of course there are regrets. I shall regret always that I found my own authentic voice in politics. I was too conservative, too conventional. Too safe, too often. Too defensive. Too reactive. Later, too often on the back foot.”
— John Major
Author: John Major
Category: politics
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September the 11th was a huge shock
“September the 11th was a huge shock in the United States. It was the first time you had been hit at home in your own territory by terrorist on this scale.”
— John Major
Author: John Major
Category: home
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It is time to return to core
“It is time to return to core values, time to get back to basics , to self-discipline and respect for the law, to consideration for the others, to accepting responsibility for yourself and your family – and not shuffling it off on other people and the state.”
— John Major
Author: John Major
Category: family
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It is time to return to core
“It is time to return to core values, time to get back to basics , to self-discipline and respect for the law, to consideration for the others, to accepting responsibility for yourself and your family – and not shuffling it off on other people and the state.”
— John Major
Author: John Major
Category: respect
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Whatever efforts for peace President Gorbachev had
“Whatever efforts for peace President Gorbachev had in mind, they were pretty substantially undercut very swiftly by Saddam Hussein.”
— John Major
Author: John Major
Category: peace
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I think we can get respect for
“I think we can get respect for Parliament back providing governments and oppositions are frank.”
— John Major
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Category: respect
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The argument that someone is a bad
“The argument that someone is a bad man is an inadequate argument for war and certainly an inadequate and unacceptable argument for regime change.”
— John Major
Author: John Major
Category: war
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Society needs to condemn a little more
“Society needs to condemn a little more and understand a little less.”
— John Major
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Category: society
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The first requirement of politics is not
“The 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.”
— John Major
Author: John Major
Category: politics
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I think the majority of the British
“I think the majority of the British people are still sanguine about the need for war.”
— John Major
Author: John Major
Category: war
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