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
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
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
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