Douglas Hurd

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

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

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

The judge said I was a menace to society because I had put crime on a scientific basis.

I get asked all the time if I want to do more dramatic acting, and I really doubt that dramatic actors get asked if they want to do more comedies. I don't really know why that is.

When I do my makeup, it kind of helps me get into the character that I'm trying to portray.