Remark on the Maastricht Treaty (7 February 1992), quoted in Bill Jamieson, Britain Beyond Europe (1994), p. 72
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Now we've signed it – we had better read it!
— Douglas Hurd
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Now we've signed it – we had better read it!" in the context of "Remark on the Maastricht Treaty (7 February 1992), quoted in Bill Jamieson, Britain Beyond Europe (1994), p. 72" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Douglas Hurd
Douglas Richard Hurd, Baron Hurd of Westwell, (born 8 March 1930), is a British Conservative politician and diplomat, who served in the governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major between 1979 and 1995. He left the Commons at the 1997 general election and was elevated to the peerage on 13 June 1997. He retired from the House of Lords on 9 June 2016.
About Douglas Hurd
Douglas Richard Hurd, Baron Hurd of Westwell, (born 8 March 1930), is a British Conservative politician and diplomat, who served in the governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major between 1979 and 1995. He left the Commons at the 1997 general election and was elevated to the peerage on 13 June 1997. He retired from the House of Lords on 9 June 2016.
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