41 Quotes by Douglas Hurd

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

It was essentially for self defence that we went to war in Afghanistan and would go to war in Iraq.

There is no consensus even today on the merits of Napoleon - and certainly no agreement on the rights and wrongs of the origins of the First World War.

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

The first two Prime Ministers whom I served, Ted Heath and Margaret Thatcher drew strikingly different lessons from the Second World War.

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

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

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

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.