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
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
I think we can get respect for Parliament back providing governments and oppositions are frank. – John Major
Society needs to condemn a little more and understand a little less. – John Major
If I had a formula for bypassing trouble, I would not pass it around. Trouble creates a capacity to handle it. I dont embrace trouble; thats as bad as treating it as an enemy. But I do say: meet it as a friend, for youll see a lot of it, and had better be on speaking terms with it. – Oliver Wendell Holmes