Alec Douglas-Home Professions : Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Born : July 2, 1903 Died : October 9, 1995 Browse All Authors Top 10 quotes by Alec Douglas-Home There are two problems in my life. The political ones are insoluble and the economic ones are incomprehensible. Alec Douglas-Home political life two To my deafness I'm accustomed, To my dentures I'm resigned, I can manage my bifocals, But Oh how I miss my mind. Alec Douglas-Home age missing mind A man of integrity will never listen to any reason against conscience. Alec Douglas-Home reason integrity men For ebbing resolution ne'er returns, Alec Douglas-Home resolution return fall Oh God, if there be cricket in heaven, let there also be rain. Alec Douglas-Home rain sports heaven The doctor unfortunately said I was fit. Alec Douglas-Home doctors fit said 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. Alec Douglas-Home excess vanity passion "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" Alec Douglas-Home errors principles war My wife had an uncle who could never walk down the nave of an abbey without wondering whether it would take spin. Alec Douglas-Home uncles wife wonder ...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 Alec Douglas-Home effort organization war Similar Authors Bonar Law former-prime-minister-of-the-united-kingdom Arthur Balfour former-prime-minister-of-the-united-kingdom Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery former-prime-minister-of-the-united-kingdom Anthony Eden former-prime-minister-of-the-united-kingdom Henry Campbell-Bannerman former-prime-minister-of-the-united-kingdom Harold Wilson former-prime-minister-of-the-united-kingdom All Authors
