#p

Let's turn British inventions into British industries, British factories and British jobs. Let them make pounds for us, not dollars marks or yen for others. ↗

— John Major

#dollars #factories #industries #into #inventions

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

#authentic #back #conservative #conventional #course

September the 11th was a huge shock in the United States. It was the first time you had been hit at home in your own territory by terrorist on this scale. ↗

— John Major

#first #first time #had #hit #home

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

#bad #bad man #certainly #change #inadequate

The British don't runaway from terrorism. We have had 30-odd years of terrorism in our own country from the Irish Republican Army. We're used to it. ↗

— John Major

#british #country #had #irish #our

Acting is the physical representation of a mental picture and the projection of an emotional concept. ↗

— Laurette Taylor

#concept #emotional #mental #physical #picture

Too many people looked to me in the eye and did not tell me the truth. ↗

— John Major

#eye #looked #many #me #people

Well British troops are superb in the field in terms of conflict. ↗

— John Major

#conflict #field #superb #terms #troops

Well, I have concerns about the effectiveness of Europe to compete. ↗

— John Major

#compete #concerns #effectiveness #europe #i

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

— John Major

#distinction #i #i think #intelligence #presentation