John Major Zitate – Sprüche auf Englisch mit Übersetzung

Zitat des Tages von John Major:

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

I think it's extremely unlikely that the European Union will fracture with nations dropping off the edge.

John Major

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.

John Major

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.

John Major

I think the majority of the British people are still sanguine about the need for war.

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.

John Major

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

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

John Major

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

John Major

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

John Major

Disunity costs votes.

John Major

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

John Major

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

Ronnie Barker will forever be remembered as one of the great comic actors.

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.

John Major

I'm very proud of what my parents achieved and what they stood for. They didn't have much, but in many ways they were richer than most.

John Major

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

John Major

If we want to deliver opportunity for all, we need an economy that delivers jobs for the future.

John Major

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

John Major

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

John Major