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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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I think we can get respect for Parliament back providing governments and oppositions are frank. – 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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Trouble, Troubles
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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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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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Teach us, O Lord, the disciplines of patience, for to wait is often harder than to work. – Peter Marshall

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As anyone who has ever been around a cat for any length of time well knows, cats have enormous patience with the limitations of the human kind. – Cleveland Amory

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It is impossible to practice parliamentary politics without having patience, decency, politeness and courtesy. – Khaleda Zia

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It is in the mind and the heart where we meet. Its not the body-the body will change. – Amber Valletta

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The better the gambler, the worse the man. – Publilius Syrus

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We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss of it. – James Barrie

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In everything satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures. – Cicero

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