#we

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

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

— John Major

#community #european #i #punch #want

I'm very proud of what my parents achieved and what they stood for. They didn't have much, but in many ways they were richer than most. ↗

— John Major

#i #many #most #much #parents

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

#ahead #always #areas #arts #back

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

In housing in the fifties in Britain and the sixties, we pulled down the terraces - destroyed whole communities and replaced them with tower blocks and we built walkways that became rat-runs for muggers. That was the fashionable opinion. But it was wrong. ↗

— John Major

#blocks #britain #built #communities #destroyed

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

What happens when there is a conflict between the Scottish parliament, if it was established, and the Westminster parliament? Who is supreme? ↗