123 Quotes by John Major

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.

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

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

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.

September the 11th was a huge shock in the United States. It was the first time you had been hit at home in your own territory by terrorist on this scale.

I didn't come from two rooms in Brixton to 10 Downing Street not to go out and fight with every fiber of my being for the things I believe in and the country I love,

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.