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

~Douglas Hurd

Topics: Anxious Countries Draw Her History Lessons Normal Politicians Profess Pupils Right Teaching Themselves

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

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Topics: Admit Because Enables Enjoyable Extent History Judgement Large Must Pass Past Us

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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

Topics: Agreement Certainly Consensus Even First First World First World War Merits Napoleon Origins Rights Today War World World War Wrongs

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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.

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Topics: Accepted Actions Cannot Defence Immediate Justified Like Men Plead Stalin Time Values Were

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

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Topics: Always Character Crimes Dramatic Fear Germany Intensely Reich Suffer Third Will

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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.

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Topics: Adult Balance Believe Children Country Despite Education Either Germany Hostility Lack Our Widespread

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The first two Prime Ministers whom I served, Ted Heath and Margaret Thatcher drew strikingly different lessons from the Second World War.

~Douglas Hurd

Topics: Different Drew First Heath Lessons Margaret Margaret Thatcher Ministers Prime Second Second World War Served Ted Thatcher Two War Whom World World War

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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.

~Douglas Hurd

Topics: Battered Bombed Britain Continental Derived Distrust Europe Germany Growing Growing Up Grown Just Margaret Margaret Thatcher Thatcher Up Which Years

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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.

~Douglas Hurd

Topics: Because Believed Bring Economic Europe Fearful Formidable German Germany Immediate Increase Margaret Margaret Thatcher Partner She Strength Strongest Thatcher Unification Which Would

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

~Douglas Hurd

Topics: About Arrogant Business False German Nothing Pride Skills Technical

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Politician

Born: March 8th, 1930

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