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. Douglas Hurd Read Quote
We must admit that history is enjoyable to a large extent because it enables us to pass judgement on the past. Douglas Hurd Read Quote
I may be wrong in that, but not I think in putting the questions. In our modern democracy the government needs not a unanimous but a general support for war before it orders our forces to fight. Douglas Hurd Read Quote
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 Read Quote
People are very interested in politics, they just don’t like it labelled politics. Douglas Hurd Read Quote
It depends on how it is done but what we are drifting into, which is that people grow up without any sense of a spiritual dimension to life, is just impoverishing. Douglas Hurd Read Quote
People know they are lacking something, they are constantly wanting some kind of spiritual guidance. Douglas Hurd Read Quote
But Germany will always suffer, I fear, from the intensely dramatic character of the crimes of the Third Reich. Douglas Hurd Read Quote
We, Britain and Germany, can neither of us be happy about our handling of the Iraq war. Douglas Hurd Read Quote
Wisely used history can give pleasure and provide us with a useful tool; but we should not become its slaves. Douglas Hurd Read Quote
