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I don't think it's the role of the prime minister to court the press.

"John Major tells Leveson inquiry: I was too sensitive about press coverage" by Lisa O'Carroll, www.theguardian.com. June 12, 2012.

There are more myths about Black Wednesday than the Greeks ever created.

"John Major tells Leveson inquiry: I was too sensitive about press coverage" by Lisa O'Carroll, www.theguardian.com. June 12, 2012.

I like the best of the British press. The best of the British press is very good.

"'I shouldn't have read the papers so much when I was PM'". Interview with Julia Langdon, www.theguardian.com. March 4, 2007.

[on Queen Mother] Our country is the richer for her life and the poorer at her death.

"Tributes pour in for Queen Mum", www.cnn.com. April 22, 2002.

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: The old man and me" by Angela Wintle, www.theguardian.com. September 21, 2012.

My father was 64 when I was conceived, my mother 38, which was late for babies in the 1940s.

"John Major: The old man and me" by Angela Wintle, www.theguardian.com. September 21, 2012.

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 dismisses Blair's Iraq war reasoning" by David Batty, www.theguardian.com. January 2, 2010.

I think the majority of the British people are still sanguine about the need for war.

"Former PM John Major: 'British don't turn tail' from terror". Interview with Wolf Blitzer, www.cnn.com. September 10, 2003.