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
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
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
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