"There is no consensus even today on the……" — Douglas Hurd
"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."
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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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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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Men like Hitler and Stalin and their immediate lieutenants cannot plead in defence of their actions that these were justified…
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More Agreement Quotes
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It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also…
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The logical thing is to implement the Arab Defense Agreement.
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We have to make sure the Good Friday Agreement works.
— Gerry Adams
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The Good Friday Agreement and the basic rights and entitlements of citizens that are enshrined within it must be defended…
— Gerry Adams
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The last months, weeks and days have seen accelerating discussions, involving the DUP for the first time, about a comprehensive…
— Gerry Adams
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My husband and I didn't sign a pre-nuptial agreement. We signed a mutual suicide pact.
— Roseanne Barr
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Soviet regime in a way deprived me from my childhood in my homeland, because my father was in military, and…
— Mikhail Baryshnikov
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I hate to say it but I think it has become very obvious that our system for devising trade agreements,…
— Xavier Becerra
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You can always tell when a man's well informed. His views are pretty much like your own.
— H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
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There are things they tell us that sound good to hear, but when they have accomplished their purpose they will…
— Sitting Bull
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Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement.
— Edmund Burke
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A mistress never is nor can be a friend. While you agree, you are lovers; and when it is over,…
— Lord Byron
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