Quote by John Major
A consensus politician is someone who does something that he doesn

A consensus politician is someone who does something that he doesnt believe is right because it keeps people quiet when he does it. – John Major

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I am walking over hot coals suspended over a deep pit at the bottom of which are a large number of vipers baring their fangs. – John Major

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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

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Well, I think theres a distinction between sexing-up the intelligence and sexing-up the presentation of the intelligence. – John Major

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My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me. – Benjamin Disraeli

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Those who agree with us may not be right, but we admire their astuteness. – Cullen Hightower

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Agreeing to disagree is a way of giving up—an admission that neither one of us has the skills, courage, or tenacity to work it out! – Suzanne Mayo Frindt

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You can get assent to almost any proposition so long as you are not going to do anything about it. – John Jay Chapman

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