Douglas Hurd

A genuinely democratic Iraq might well act as a fresh spur. ”

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

People know they are lacking something, they are constantly wanting some kind of spiritual guidance. ”

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

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

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. ”

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. ”

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. ”