John Major Quotes about Country

Fifty years from now Britain will still be the country of long shadows on county grounds, warm beer, invincible green suburbs, dog lovers and pools fillers and - as George Orwell said - “old maids bicycling to Holy

Fifty years from now Britain will still be the country of long shadows on county grounds, warm beer, invincible green suburbs, dog lovers and pools fillers and - as George Orwell said - “old maids bicycling to Holy Communion through the morning mist” and if we get our way - Shakespeare still read even in school.

John Major

Country, Dog, Morning

John Major's speech to the Conservative Group for Europe, www.johnmajor.co.uk. April 22, 1993.

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

Country, Army, Years

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

A country of long shadows on county cricket grounds, warm beer, green suburbs, dog lovers, and old maids cycling to holy communion through the morning mist.

John Major

Country, Dog, Morning

I want to see us build a country that is at ease with itself, a country that is confident and a country that is able and willing to build a better quality of life for all its citizens.

John Major

Country, Quality, Citizens

"Twentieth-century British political facts, 1900-2000". Book by David Butler, Gareth Butler, 2000.