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"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."

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

"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."

"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."

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

"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."

"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."

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