123 Quotes by John Major

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.

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

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 sight of allegedly sophisticated politicians parroting complete tripe trivialises and demeans government and it has to be stopped. It's played a significant part in public disillusionment with politics and has led to the absurd situation where more people vote for 'Strictly Come Dancing' than voted in the general election.

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.

Well, I have concerns about the effectiveness of Europe to compete.

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

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

Well, I think there's a distinction between sexing-up the intelligence and sexing-up the presentation of the intelligence.