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born 1943 England
Sir John Major (born 29 March 1943) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister from 1990 to 1997. His childhood was spent in Brixton after his father's business failed, and he left school at 16.
England Autobiographers Politicians Also known as: Major, John
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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.
In the next ten years we will have to continue to make changes which will make the whole of this country a genuinely classless society.
Summers simply won't be the same without him.
It is the one event in my life of which I am most ashamed and I have long feared would be made public.
Their approach is profoundly un-Conservative and, whatever its short-term effect, will do permanent damage to the reputation of the Conservative Party.
Something I was not aware had happened suddenly turned out not to have happened.
The right hon. and learned Member is the man who likes to say yes in Europe — Monsieur Oui, the poodle of Brussels.
Whether you agree with me, disagree with me, like me or loathe me, don't bind my hands when I am negotiating on behalf of the British people.
That must be the first agreement in history that was signed by people who decided it was useless in the first place.
I want her [Margaret Thatcher] isolated; I want her destroyed.
I want to see us build a country that is at ease with itself, a country that is confident and a country that is able and willing to build a better quality of life for all its citizens.
It 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 yourself and your family, and not shuffling it off on other people and the state.
We will do precisely what the British nation has done all through its history when it had its back against the wall — turn round and fight for the things it believes in, and that is what I shall do.
I would like the public to have a crusade against crime and change their attitude from being forgiving of crime to being considerate to the victim. Society needs to condemn a little more and understand a little less.
Oh, Lord, if I must die today,
The Conservative Party must make its choice. Every leader is leader only with the support of his party. That is true of me too. That is why I am no longer prepared to tolerate the present situation. In short, it is time to put up or shut up.
A soundbite never buttered any parsnips.
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If the answer is more politicians, you are asking the wrong question.
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