Douglas Hurd

"Fear of racial assault or harassment still scars the lives of too many men and women, especially in the inner cities. ... Racial harmony could not be imposed by legislation or by ministerial acts. How…"

"presence or absence of the churches, and their sometimes bizarre choice of priorities for discussion."

"The idea of Active Citizenship is a necessary complement to that of the enterprise culture. Public service may once have been the duty of an elite, but today it is the responsibility of all who have t…"

"Underpinning our social policy are those traditions—the diffusion of power, civil obligation, and voluntary service—which are central to Conservative philosophy. ... The diffusion of power...the key t…"

"The case for European solidarity has never been stronger than it is today because the pressures piling up on Europe are themselves strong and varied. At the moment the headlines in our newspapers conc…"

"People are very interested in politics, they just don't like it labelled 'politics'."

"Thatcherism is not Tutankhamun's tomb, which you've got to seal up and guard. It has to fructify. It's an investment. Take what has been achieved and go on from there. Thatcherism breaks into differen…"

"We have to find, as the Victorians found, techniques and instruments which reach the parts of our society which will always be beyond the scope of statutory schemes. I believe that the inspiring and t…"