Author: Douglas Hurd

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But it cannot follow that because weapons and troops are now being deployed we are bound to go to war.

But it cannot follow that because weapons and troops are now being deployed we are bound to go to war.

- Douglas Hurd

But Germany will always suffer, I fear, from the intensely dramatic character of the crimes of the Third Reich.

But Germany will always suffer, I fear, from the intensely dramatic character of the crimes of the Third Reich.

- Douglas Hurd

Men like Hitler and Stalin and their immediate lieutenants cannot plead in defence of their actions that these were justified by the accepted values of that time.

Men like Hitler and Stalin and their immediate lieutenants cannot plead in defence of their actions that these were justified by the accepted values of that time.

- Douglas Hurd

Despite this lamentable lack of balance in our education I do not believe that either children or adults in my country are permeated by a widespread hostility to Germany.

Despite this lamentable lack of balance in our education I do not believe that either children or adults in my country are permeated by a widespread hostility to Germany.

- Douglas Hurd

There is nothing false or arrogant about German pride in German technical and business skills.

There is nothing false or arrogant about German pride in German technical and business skills.

- Douglas Hurd

We should be wary of politicians who profess to follow history while only noticing those signposts of history that point in the direction which they themselves already favour.

We should be wary of politicians who profess to follow history while only noticing those signposts of history that point in the direction which they themselves already favour.

- Douglas Hurd

It is normal for politicians in all countries to profess themselves the pupils of history, anxious to draw the right lessons from her teaching.

It is normal for politicians in all countries to profess themselves the pupils of history, anxious to draw the right lessons from her teaching.

- Douglas Hurd

People are very interested in politics, they just don't like it labelled politics.

People are very interested in politics, they just don't like it labelled politics.

- Douglas Hurd

No military timetable should compel war when a successful outcome, namely a disarmed Iraq may be feasible without war, for example by allowing more time to the UN inspectors.

No military timetable should compel war when a successful outcome, namely a disarmed Iraq may be feasible without war, for example by allowing more time to the UN inspectors.

- Douglas Hurd

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