"We should be wary of politicians who profess……" — 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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27 Quotes by Douglas Hurd
Douglas Hurd has 27 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
- There is no consensus even today on the merits of Napoleon - and certainly no agreement on the rights and…
- The tragedy of 9/11 galvanised the American superpower into action, leaving us in Europe divided in its wake.
- No military timetable should compel war when a successful outcome, namely a disarmed Iraq may be feasible without war, for…
- Ten Downing Street is a house, not an office. That is its most important characteristic.
- We must admit that history is enjoyable to a large extent because it enables us to pass judgment on the…
- It is normal for politicians in all countries to profess themselves the pupils of history, anxious to draw the right…
- Margaret Thatcher, growing up in a bombed and battered Britain, derived a distrust which has grown with the years not…
- There are thus great swathes of the past where understanding is more important and reputable than judgement, because the principal…
- A genuinely democratic Iraq might well act as a fresh spur.
- But Germany will always suffer, I fear, from the intensely dramatic character of the crimes of the Third Reich.
- History provides no precise guidelines.
- Margaret Thatcher was fearful of German unification because she believed that this would bring an immediate and formidable increase of…