Margaret Thatcher, growing up in a bombed and battered Britain, derived a distrust which has grown with the years not just of Germany but of all continental Europe. Douglas Hurd More Quotes by Douglas Hurd More Quotes From Douglas Hurd But Germany will always suffer, I fear, from the intensely dramatic character of the crimes of the Third Reich. Douglas Hurd germany suffering character History provides no precise guidelines. Douglas Hurd guidelines precise 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. Douglas Hurd agreement rights war It is not helpful to help a friend by putting coins in his pockets when he has got holes in his pockets. Douglas Hurd We must admit that history is enjoyable to a large extent because it enables us to pass judgement on the past. Douglas Hurd us admit history past 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 grow spiritual life people But it cannot follow that because weapons and troops are now being deployed we are bound to go to war. Douglas Hurd follow being go war It was essentially for self defence that we went to war in Afghanistan and would go to war in Iraq. Douglas Hurd go afghanistan self war 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 fight support democracy war 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 balance education believe children The first two Prime Ministers whom I served, Ted Heath and Margaret Thatcher drew strikingly different lessons from the Second World War. Douglas Hurd different war two world There is nothing false or arrogant about German pride in German technical and business skills. Douglas Hurd nothing skills pride business
