#om

All women are wonders because they reduce all men to the obvious. ↗

— Daniel Mainwaring

#men #obvious #reduce #women #women are

Man is insatiable for power; he is infantile in his desires and, always discontented with what he has, loves only what he has not. People complain of the despotism of princes; they ought to complain of the despotism of man. ↗

— Joseph de Maistre

#complain #desires #despotism #discontented #his

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

#believe #consensus #does #keeps #people

Recovery begins from the darkest moment. ↗

— John Major

#darkest #moment #recovery

'Government gets things right' does not encourage sales. 'Government makes another blunder' does encourage sales, so there's a commercial imperative that pushes sensationalism. ↗

— John Major

#blunder #commercial #does #encourage #gets

Ronnie Barker will forever be remembered as one of the great comic actors. ↗

— John Major

#comic #forever #great #remembered #ronnie

I thought I could do something different from any Conservative prime minister before me. But I couldn't. ↗

— John Major

#before #conservative #could #different #i

I want Britain to punch its weight in the European Community. ↗

— John Major

#community #european #i #punch #want

If we want to deliver opportunity for all, we need an economy that delivers jobs for the future. ↗

— John Major

#delivers #economy #future #jobs #need

If you look back historically, admittedly a long time ago, there were three Afghan wars in which Britain didn't even come a good second. In more recent years the Russians were there with 120,000 men for ten years. ↗

— John Major

#afghan #ago #back #britain #come