Douglas Hurd Quotes

No man can be a politician except he be first a historian.

In politics you learn from the mistakes you made and the mistakes that you see other people make.

I can't get inside the head of a politician today.

I loved politics and, I confess, I enjoyed politicians immensely.

In history lies all the secrets of statecraft.

I think politicians do great things in the world, but I don't think they're the only ones who can. I don't like all the rhetoric and the finger pointing.

My opinion is that politicians should be humble in the face of history. And whenever history is a matter of debate, it should be left in the hands of historians and experts.

Few businessmen are capable of being in politics, they don't understand the democratic process, they have neither the tolerance or the depth it takes. Democracy isn't a business.

I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.

Forget the consultants, the pundits and the pollsters; good policy is good politics.

A political theory seeks to find from history the limits of the politically possible.

In politics there are no bad questions; there are only bad answers.

A good politicians knows his friends and a good politician knows his enemies.

A politician is a person with whose politics you don't agree; if you agree with him, he is a statesman.

Whoso desireth to govern well and securely, it behoveth him to have a vigilant eye to the proceedings of great princes, and to consider seriously of their designs.

Study history. Study history. In history lie all the secrets of statecraft.

Men and not measures are, no doubt, the very life of politics. But then it is not the fashion to say so in public places.

History is one of those things that politicians tend not to use.

Politics is power, and communications is power,

I don't think that political history is full of a whole lot of tremendously honest people. I have never found any fault about that as far as Mr. Trump is concerned in my relationship with him.

Look, politics can be tough.

No, you see, unlike some interviewers, I love politics... overall I am not anti-politicians at all. I recognise they are more important than me.

With politics, everyone - your neighbour, acquaintances, anyone you ever meet - has an opinion. Particularly about what Arvind Kejriwal should be doing.

We consistently allow politicians to get away with playing identity politics rather than demanding evidence of what they're going to do and how they're going to do it.

We critique all politicians who are in power, whenever there's a talking point.