John Major Quotes
Whether you agree with me or disagree with me; like me or loathe me, don't bind my hands when I am negotiating on behalf of the British nation.
Major, John. "Debate on the European Community." House of Commons, 20 Nov. 1991, Hansard, vol. 199, col. 283.
Warning of the problem of multiple contacts and negotiations with the enemy in the Vietnam War:
Whithead’s view which seems intuitively right to most citizens, tends to be the one that the majority espouses but the minority opposes. At the time, the Republicans controlled the White House and there were a number of polarizing issues, where the Republicans could not obtain consensus and then decided. However, then the Democrats gained control of the White House and Congress the next year, it was the Democrats who claimed that they had to decide. The Republicans, now in the majority, argued that significant changes in America should not be made by narrow majorities and major issues should be tabled if there was no substantial majority. That was the position that the Democrats had espoused when they were in the minority.
At the time of this quotation, he was the President of the America-Mexico Chamger of Commerce and his Mexican members were very anxious or disturbed by the prospect of Donald Trump being sworn in as President. Trump, during his presidential campaign, had courted many of the anti Hispanic voters and organizations, had labeled Mexican immigrants as "criminals" and "rapists", and had promised to build a very high wall accross the Mexican U. S, border and "make the Mexican's pay for it." Zapanta was also under consideration by President Elect Trump as the U. S. Ambassador to Mexico. These words were particualy well and delicately chosen to try and maintain his staning with with Trump and the Mexican leadership.
Sir John Major KG CH is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990 to 1997. Major served in the Thatcher government from 1987 to 1990 as Chancellor of the Exchequer and Foreign Secretary, and was Member of Parliament (MP) for Huntingdon, formerly Huntingdonshire, from 1979 to 2001.
