Un político de consenso es alguien que hace algo que no cree que sea correcto porque eso mantiene a la gente callada cuando lo hace.

Más de John Major

• If the implication of his remarks is that we should sit down and talk with Mr. Adams and the Provisional IRA, I can say only that that would turn my stomach and those of most hon. Members; we will not do it. If and when there is a total ending of violence

• We will do precisely what the British nation has done all through its history when it had its back to the wall — turn round and fight for the things it believes in, and that is what I shall do.

• A consensus politician is someone who does something that he doesn't believe is right because it keeps people quiet when he does it.

• The politician who never made a mistake never made a decision.