John Major Quotes

List of quotations and sayings by the british politician John Major on topics like politics, regret, politician

  • The politician who never made a mistake never made a decision.

    — John Major on politics
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  • 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 on authentic
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  • A consensus politician is someone who does something that he doesn't believe is right because it keeps people quiet when he does it.

    — John Major on agreement
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  • 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 on politics
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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.

    — John Major on britain
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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.

    — John Major on beginning
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  • I am walking over hot coals suspended over a deep pit at the bottom of which are a large number of vipers baring their fangs.

    — John Major on trouble
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  • Ronnie Barker will forever be remembered as one of the great comic actors.

    — John Major on barker
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  • About John Major

    Name John Major
    Quotes 8 quotations
    Nationality British
    Profession Politician
    Birthday October 16
    Top topics politics, regret, politician, made, people

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