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Douglas Hurd quotes: Ten Downing Street is a house, not an office. That is its most important characteristic.

Ten Downing Street is a house, not an office. That is its most important characteristic.

Douglas Hurd quotes: War on Iraq runs the risk of turning the Middle East into an inexhaustible recruiting ground for anti- western terrorism.

War on Iraq runs the risk of turning the Middle East into an inexhaustible recruiting ground for anti- western terrorism.

Douglas Hurd quotes: Prison is an expensive way of making bad people worse.

Prison is an expensive way of making bad people worse.

Douglas Hurd quotes: We, Britain and Germany, can neither of us be happy about our handling of the Iraq war.

We, Britain and Germany, can neither of us be happy about our handling of the Iraq war.

Douglas Hurd quotes: Some people find it difficult to argue with a woman Prime Minister and shrivel up.

Some people find it difficult to argue with a woman Prime Minister and shrivel up.

Douglas Hurd quotes: But it cannot follow that because weapons and troops are now being deployed we are bound to go to war.

But it cannot follow that because weapons and troops are now being deployed we are bound to go to war.

Douglas Hurd quotes: If Margaret Thatcher had been Prime Minister at the time, there would have been no Treaty of Maastricht.

If Margaret Thatcher had been Prime Minister at the time, there would have been no Treaty of Maastricht.

Douglas Hurd quotes: The tragedy of 9/11 galvanised the American superpower into action, leaving us in Europe divided in its wake.

The tragedy of 9/11 galvanised the American superpower into action, leaving us in Europe divided in its wake.

Douglas Hurd quotes: It was essentially for self defence that we went to war in Afghanistan and would go to war in Iraq.

It was essentially for self defence that we went to war in Afghanistan and would go to war in Iraq.

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

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

Douglas Hurd quotes: A genuinely democratic Iraq might well act as a fresh spur.

A genuinely democratic Iraq might well act as a fresh spur.

Douglas Hurd quotes: Diplomacy is unfashionable in the world of knee-jerk reaction and the dogmatic sound bite on television.

Diplomacy is unfashionable in the world of knee-jerk reaction and the dogmatic sound bite on television.

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

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

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

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

Douglas Hurd quotes: People know they are lacking something, they are constantly wanting some kind of spiritual guidance.

People know they are lacking something, they are constantly wanting some kind of spiritual guidance.

Douglas Hurd quotes: Wisely used history can give pleasure and provide us with a useful tool; but we should not become its slaves.

Wisely used history can give pleasure and provide us with a useful tool; but we should not become its slaves.

Douglas Hurd quotes: People are very interested in politics, they just don't like it labelled politics.

People are very interested in politics, they just don't like it labelled politics.

Douglas Hurd quotes: Silence is regarded as a sort of sin now, and it has to be filled with a lot of gossip and soundbites.

Silence is regarded as a sort of sin now, and it has to be filled with a lot of gossip and soundbites.

Douglas Hurd quotes: There is nothing false or arrogant about German pride in German technical and business skills.

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

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

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