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Only in Britain could it be thought a defect to be 'too clever by half '. The probability is that too many people are too stupid by three-quarters.

John Major

I could name eight people — half of those eight are barmy. How many apples short of a picnic?

On his Tory critics

John Major

It is time to return to those core values, time to get back to basics: to self-discipline and respect for the law, to consideration for others, to accepting responsibility for yourself and your family, and not shuffling it off on other people and the state.

John Major

Whether you agree with me, disagree with me, like me or loathe me, don't bind my hands when I am negotiating on behalf of the British people.

John Major

A consensus politician is someone who does something that he doesn't believe is right because it keeps people quiet when he does it.

John Major

If the implication of his remarks is that we should sit down and talk with Mr. Adams and the Provisional IRA, I can say only that that would turn my stomach and those of most hon. Members; we will not do it. If and when there is a total ending of violence, and if and when that ending of violence is established for a significant time, we shall talk to all the constitutional parties that have people elected in their names. I will not talk to people who murder indiscriminately.

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