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

John Major Family Time Responsibility

The argument that someone is a bad man is an inadequate argument for war and certainly an inadequate and unacceptable argument for regime change.

~ John Major

John Major Change Man Argument

If you look at things that really affect people's lives - sport, the arts, charities - they were always at the back of the queue for government money - health, social security, defence, pensions were all way ahead. And each of those areas - sports, the arts, the lottery - got relatively petty cash from the government.

~ John Major

John Major Money Health Government

Recovery begins from the darkest moment.

~ John Major

John Major Moment Recovery Darkest

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

John Major Politics Game Long

Well, I think there's a distinction between sexing-up the intelligence and sexing-up the presentation of the intelligence.

~ John Major

John Major Presentation Think Well

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

John Major Regret Voice Conservative