It is normal for politicians in all countries to profess themselves the pupils of history, anxious to draw the right lessons from her teaching.
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There are thus great swathes of the past where understanding is more important and reputable than judgement, because the principal actors performed in line with the ideas and values of that time, not of ours.Douglas Hurd
Neither the Iraqi people, nor other Arab governments nor indeed Islamic fundamentalists have any reason to admire or trust Saddam Hussein.
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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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The church has filled after 11 September, which to be honest is a more important milestone than the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.
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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.
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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.
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