Quote by John Major
The first requirement of politics is not intellect or stamina but

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

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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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Politics
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It is time to return to core values, time to get back to basics , to self-discipline and respect for the law, to consideration for the others, to accepting responsibility for yourself and your family – and not shuffling it off on other people and the state. – 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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Patience is the best medicine. – John Florio

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With close-lipped Patience for our only friend, Sad Patience, too near neighbor to Despair. – Matthew Arnold

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Is the patience of the American people that long suffering? Is there no outrage left in the country? – Andrew Greeley

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Patience

It has taken a great deal of energy, which has not been so difficult to summon as the necessary patience to wait, simply wait much of the time – until my instincts assured me that I had assembled my materials in proper order for a final welding into their natural form. – Hart Crane

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You can learn to follow the inner self, the inner physician that tells you where to go. Healing is simply attempting to do more of those things that bring joy and fewer of those things that bring pain. – O. Carl Simonton

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