John Major Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)
John Major quotes and sayings page 2 (81 year old politician). Here's quote # 11 through 20 out of the 53 we have for him.
“The argument that someone is a bad man is an inadequate argument for war and certainly an inadequate and unacceptable argument for regime change.”
“The British don't runaway from terrorism. We have had 30-odd years of terrorism in our own country from the Irish Republican Army. We're used to it.”
“Well British troops are superb in the field in terms of conflict.”
“If you look at things that really affect people's lives - sport, the arts, charities - they were always at the back of the queue for government money - health, social security, defence, pensions were all way ahead. And each of those areas - sports, the arts, the lottery - got relatively petty cash from the government.”
“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.”
“I don't think nations can stand aside for ethnic cleansing and genocide.”
“A consensus politician is someone who does something that he doesn't believe is right because it keeps people quiet when he does it.”
“Society needs to condemn a little more and understand a little less.”
“What happens when there is a conflict between the Scottish parliament, if it was established, and the Westminster parliament? Who is supreme?”
“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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