We should be wary of politicians who profess to follow history while only noticing those signposts of history … - Douglas Hurd

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Douglas Hurd

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.

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There are thus great swathes of the past where understanding is more important and reputable than judgement, because the principal actors performed in line with the ideas and values of that time, not of ours.

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

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

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I'm one of the first Americans who wasn't a torturer or an interrogator.

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The liberals have not softened their view of actuality to make themselves live closer to the dream, but instead sharpen their perceptions and fight to make the dream actuality.

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