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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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 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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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.

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