John Major
John Major
Sir John Major, KG, CH, PCis a British politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and the Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990 to 1997. He served consecutively as Foreign Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Thatcher Government from 1989 to 1990, and was the Member of Parliament for Huntingdon from 1979 to 2001...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth29 March 1943
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a man of strong convictions even though they were sometimes unpopular.
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Being in the Northeast, you can't discount the power of Mother Nature and the effect that winters have on deer.
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This looks very much at the moment as if this is the work of the IRA, showing their usual contempt for people's lives and property,
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I can't remember an occasion when there was so much excitement and anticipation about a game of cricket. It has been a truly phenomenal series.
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It just can't be won by military might alone, ... If you're going to destroy these terrorist groups, you need to destroy their finances, you need to destroy their safe havens, you need to destroy their causes, and you can't just do that with military means.
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We want a truly open society, in which every man and woman will be able to go as far as their talent, ambition and effort take them
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Well, I have concerns about the effectiveness of Europe to compete.
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The politician who never made a mistake never made a decision.
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Disunity costs votes.
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Political suicide can end a career.
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Certainly we've seen the enormous changes across the whole of the Middle East. The democratic genie is out of the bottle.
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Liberty is equally desirable to the good and to the bad, to the brave and to the dastardly.
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I would rather go while I am being urged to stay, than to stay beyond the time when I should go.
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I can't legislate to change human nature.