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1. "No military timetable should compel war when a successful outcome, namely a disarmed Iraq may be feasible without war, for example by allowing more time to the UN inspectors." ~ Douglas Hurd
2. "A genuinely democratic Iraq might well act as a fresh spur." ~ Douglas Hurd
3. "But Germany will always suffer, I fear, from the intensely dramatic character of the crimes of the Third Reich." ~ Douglas Hurd
4. "But it cannot follow that because weapons and troops are now being deployed we are bound to go to war." ~ Douglas Hurd
5. "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
6. "It was essentially for self defence that we went to war in Afghanistan and would go to war in Iraq." ~ Douglas Hurd
7. "People know they are lacking something, they are constantly wanting some kind of spiritual guidance." ~ Douglas Hurd
8. "The tragedy of 9/11 galvanised the American superpower into action, leaving us in Europe divided in its wake." ~ Douglas Hurd
9. "We must admit that history is enjoyable to a large extent because it enables us to pass judgement on the past." ~ Douglas Hurd
10. "We, Britain and Germany, can neither of us be happy about our handling of the Iraq war." ~ Douglas Hurd
11. "Wisely used history can give pleasure and provide us with a useful tool; but we should not become its slaves." ~ Douglas Hurd
12. "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." ~ Douglas Hurd
13. "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." ~ Douglas Hurd
14. "I may be wrong in that, but not I think in putting the questions. In our modern democracy the government needs not a unanimous but a general support for war before it orders our forces to fight." ~ Douglas Hurd
15. "It depends on how it is done but what we are drifting into, which is that people grow up without any sense of a spiritual dimension to life, is just impoverishing." ~ Douglas Hurd
16. "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." ~ Douglas Hurd

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