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Douglas Hurd

We, Britain and Germany, can neither of us be happy about our handling of the Iraq war.

– Douglas Hurd

Douglas Hurd

The tragedy of 9/11 galvanised the American superpower into action, leaving us in Europe divided in its wake.

– Douglas Hurd

Douglas Hurd

Wisely used history can give pleasure and provide us with a useful tool; but we should not become its slaves.

– Douglas Hurd

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.

– Douglas Hurd

Douglas Hurd

History provides no precise guidelines.

– Douglas Hurd

Douglas Hurd

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

– Douglas Hurd

Douglas Hurd

Margaret Thatcher, growing up in a bombed and battered Britain, derived a distrust which has grown with the years not just of Germany but of all continental Europe.

– Douglas Hurd

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.

– Douglas Hurd

Douglas Hurd

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

– Douglas Hurd

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.

– Douglas Hurd

Douglas Hurd

There are thus great swathes of the past where understanding is more important and reputable than judgement, because the principal actors performed in line with the ideas and values of that time, not of ours.

– Douglas Hurd

Douglas Hurd

We must admit that history is enjoyable to a large extent because it enables us to pass judgement on the past.

– Douglas Hurd

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