Explore Quotes by John Major

I like the best of the British press. The best of the British press is very good.

I don't think it's the role of the prime minister to court the press.

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

Certainly we've seen the enormous changes across the whole of the Middle East. The democratic genie is out of the bottle.

Disunity costs votes.

I have a huge admiration for the House of Lords, I have a huge admiration for the people who work in the House of Lords, they're great public servants and they do an absolutely tremendous job.

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

There are more myths about Black Wednesday than the Greeks ever created.

What happens when there is a conflict between the Scottish parliament, if it was established, and the Westminster parliament? Who is supreme?

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

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.

A consensus politician is someone who does something that he doesn't believe is right because it keeps people quiet when he does it.

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.

Life is full of surprises.

Recovery begins from the darkest moment.

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

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.