"Men like Hitler and Stalin and their immediate……" — Douglas Hurd
"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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Douglas Hurd
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27 Quotes by Douglas Hurd
Douglas Hurd has 27 quotes on this site.
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There is no consensus even today on the merits of Napoleon - and certainly no agreement on the rights and…
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The tragedy of 9/11 galvanised the American superpower into action, leaving us in Europe divided in its wake.
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No military timetable should compel war when a successful outcome, namely a disarmed Iraq may be feasible without war, for…
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Ten Downing Street is a house, not an office. That is its most important characteristic.
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We must admit that history is enjoyable to a large extent because it enables us to pass judgment on the…
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It is normal for politicians in all countries to profess themselves the pupils of history, anxious to draw the right…
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Margaret Thatcher, growing up in a bombed and battered Britain, derived a distrust which has grown with the years not…
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There are thus great swathes of the past where understanding is more important and reputable than judgement, because the principal…
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A genuinely democratic Iraq might well act as a fresh spur.
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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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History provides no precise guidelines.
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Margaret Thatcher was fearful of German unification because she believed that this would bring an immediate and formidable increase of…
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More Accepted Quotes
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I accepted the face that as much as I want to lead others, and love to be around other people,…
— Arthur Ashe
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It is not seen as insane when a fighter, under an attack that will inevitable lead to his death, chooses…
— Emilie Autumn
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In any area of the U.N. we... have to agree on certain language that can represent the same spirit, but…
— Michelle Bachelet
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I have accepted a seat in the House of Representatives, and thereby have consented to my own ruin, to your…
— John Adams
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In America, I would say New York and New Orleans are the two most interesting food towns. In New Orleans,…
— Mario Batali
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Celibacy is not a matter of compulsion. Someone is accepted as a priest only when he does it of his…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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In this world, emotion has become suspect - the accepted style is smooth, antiseptic and passionless.
— Joe Biden
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I like hanging out with me, and I've accepted everything about me good, bad whatever it is. That's why I'm…
— Mary J. Blige
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In order to govern, the question is not to follow out a more or less valid theory but to build…
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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Africa is a continent in flames. And deep down, if we really accepted that Africans were equal to us, we…
— Bono
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I don't really care about being accepted now. I wish I had been like that earlier.
— Terry Bradshaw
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In Eastern culture, people see ghosts, people talk about ghosts... it's just accepted. And in Western culture it's just not.
— Jessica Alba
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