41 Quotes by Douglas Hurd

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

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

War on Iraq runs the risk of turning the Middle East into an inexhaustible recruiting ground for anti- western terrorism.

Diplomacy is unfashionable in the world of knee-jerk reaction and the dogmatic sound bite on television.

If Margaret Thatcher had been Prime Minister at the time, there would have been no Treaty of Maastricht.

Some people find it difficult to argue with a woman Prime Minister and shrivel up.

Silence is regarded as a sort of sin now, and it has to be filled with a lot of gossip and soundbites.

While hard work remains ahead of us, our efforts are starting to show results.

They have to weigh the undoubted benefits of ... (Iraqi President Saddam) Hussein's overthrow against the risk of turning the Middle East into an inexhaustible recruiting ground for anti-Western terrorism.