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John Major

British Politician

Born: Mar 29, 1943

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Recovery begins from the darkest moment. John Major

Moving On Darkest Recovery Begins Moment

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

Time Family Respect Yourself People Law Values Responsibility Other Others State Back Consideration Self-Discipline Return Accepting Off Get Your Shuffling Basics Core Core Values

I don't think nations can stand aside for ethnic cleansing and genocide. John Major

Genocide Think Cleansing Nations Aside Ethnic Stand

If we want to deliver opportunity for all, we need an economy that delivers jobs for the future. John Major

Future Opportunity Jobs Deliver Economy Want Need

If you look back historically, admittedly a long time ago, there were three Afghan wars in which Britain didn't even come a good second. In more recent years the Russians were there with 120,000 men for ten years. John Major

Time Good You Men Three Long Long Time Back Admittedly Russians Ten More Ten Years Long Time Ago Come Look Were Years Historically Afghan Which Wars Even Second Recent Britain Recent Years

When the euro was born, it was born in the wrong economic circumstances. John Major

Circumstances Born Economic Wrong Euro

When I was in office the fundraising was done by the party treasurers. John Major

Party Office Done Fundraising

I don't have a shred of regret about entering the exchange-rate mechanism. John Major

Regret Entering About Mechanism Shred

The politician who never made a mistake never made a decision. John Major

Mistake Decision Made Politician Never Who

Society needs to condemn a little more and understand a little less. John Major

Needs Society More Understand Condemn Little Less

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

Great Will Remembered Comic Forever Ronnie Actor

I think we can get respect for Parliament back providing governments and oppositions are frank. John Major

Respect Think Back Frank Parliament Providing Governments Get

You don't forget crises and neither does the Queen. John Major

You Queen Crises Neither Does Forget

Well, I have concerns about the effectiveness of Europe to compete. John Major

About Well Concerns Effectiveness Europe Compete

The sight of allegedly sophisticated politicians parroting complete tripe trivialises and demeans government and it has to be stopped. It's played a significant part in public disillusionment with politics and has led to the absurd situation where more people vote for 'Strictly Come Dancing' than voted in the general election. John Major

Politics Government Vote People Election Situation Politicians Strictly Complete Dancing Sight Significant Allegedly General More General Election More People Part Absurd Voted Come Sophisticated Led Than Stopped Where Disillusionment Public Played

My father was 64 when I was conceived, my mother 38, which was late for babies in the 1940s. John Major

Mother Father Babies Late Conceived Which

In 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 became rat-runs for muggers. That was the fashionable opinion. But it was wrong. John Major

Down Destroyed Wrong Tower Became Housing Opinion Built Blocks Replaced Sixties Them Fifties Communities Whole Fashionable Britain Pulled

Well British troops are superb in the field in terms of conflict. John Major

Conflict Field Superb Troops Terms Well British

My mother was the center of the family. John Major

Family Mother Center

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

Time Home You First Own September States Scale Had First Time Territory Terrorist Been Huge Shock Hit Your United United States

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