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Douglas Richard Hurd, Baron Hurd of Westwell, CH, CBE, PC (born 8 March 1930) is a British Conservative politician who served in the governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major from 1979 to 1995.

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

Character, Suffering, Germany, Reich, Suffer, Intensely

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

Action, America, Europe, Leaving, Wake

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.

War, Rights, Agreement, Consensus, World

Margaret Thatcher was fearful of German unification because she believed that this would bring an immediate and formidable increase of economic strength to a Germany which was already the strongest economic partner in Europe.

Bring, Economic, Europe, Germany, Immediate, Margaret

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.

Allowing, Feasible, Iraq, Military, Successful, War

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

Enjoyable, Judgment, Pass, Past

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

Give, Giving, Slave, Slaves, Tools, Used

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.

Action, Justified, Lieutenants, Like, Men, Values

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

Constantly, Kind, Know, People, Spiritual

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

Maastricht, Ministers, Prime, Thatcher, Treaties

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

Country, Draw, History, Lessons, Right, Teaching

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.

Favour, History, Point, Politician, Should, Wary

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.

Growing Up, Years, Europe, Continental, Distrust, Grown

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

East, Iraq, Risk, Running, Runs, War

Prison is an expensive way of making bad people worse.

Bad, Making, People, Prison, Way

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

Interested, Labelled, Like, People, Politics

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