Alec Douglas-Home Quotes

#1. A man of integrity will never listen to any reason against conscience.

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#2. My wife had an uncle who could never walk down the nave of an abbey without wondering whether it would take spin.

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#3. To my deafness I'm accustomed, To my dentures I'm resigned, I can manage my bifocals, But Oh how I miss my mind.

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#4. The first casualty (of this crisis) had been the United Nations. It would need an immense effort, an almost superhuman effort, to restore the prestige of that organization

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#5. "a fatal and perhaps fateful error of judgment" " ... this was the last chance for the United Nations to get a grip on themselves and apply the principles of their Charter"

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#6. Oh God, if there be cricket in heaven, let there also be rain.

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#7. Resentment is, in every stage of the passion, painful, but it is not disagreeable, unless in excess; pity is always painful, yet always agreeable; vanity, on the contrary, is always pleasant, yet always disagreeable.

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#8. For ebbing resolution ne'er returns,
But falls still further from its former shore.

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#9. There are two problems in my life. The political ones are insoluble and the economic ones are incomprehensible.

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#10. The doctor unfortunately said I was fit.

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