John Major Quotes

"Society needs to condemn a little more and understand a little less."
- John Major
(Related: Society, Needs)

"The politician who never made a mistake never made a decision."
- John Major
(Related: Mistake, Decision)

"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
(Related: Politics, First, Intellect, Patience, Will)

"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
(Related: Thought, People)

"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
(Related: Beginning, Economy, Regret, Sound)

"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
(Related: People, Quiet, Right)

"Ronnie Barker will forever be remembered as one of the great comic actors."
- John Major
(Related: Actors, Will)