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> [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](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alec-douglas-home/a-fatal-and-perhaps-fateful-error-of-judgment-this-was-the-last/)

[Alec Douglas-Home](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alec-douglas-home/)

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## More by Alec Douglas-Home

> [Resentment is, in every stage of the passion, painful, but it is not disagreeable, unless in excess; pity is always painful, yet always agreeable;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alec-douglas-home/resentment-is-in-every-stage-of-the-passion-painful-but-it-is-not/)

[Alec Douglas-Home](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alec-douglas-home/)

> [a fatal and perhaps fateful error of judgment" "...this was the last chance for the United Nations to get a grip on themselves and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alec-douglas-home/a-fatal-and-perhaps-fateful-error-of-judgment-this-was-the-last/)

[Alec Douglas-Home](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alec-douglas-home/)

> [The doctor unfortunately said I was fit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alec-douglas-home/the-doctor-unfortunately-said-i-was-fit/)

[Alec Douglas-Home](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alec-douglas-home/)

> [To my deafness I'm accustomed, To my dentures I'm resigned, I can manage my bifocals, But Oh how I miss my mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alec-douglas-home/to-my-deafness-i-m-accustomed-to-my-dentures-i-m-resigned-i-can/)

[Alec Douglas-Home](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alec-douglas-home/)

> [For ebbing resolution ne'er returns, But falls still further from its former shore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alec-douglas-home/for-ebbing-resolution-ne-er-returns-but-falls-still-further-from-its/)

[Alec Douglas-Home](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alec-douglas-home/)

> [My wife had an uncle who could never walk down the nave of an abbey without wondering whether it would take spin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alec-douglas-home/my-wife-had-an-uncle-who-could-never-walk-down-the-nave-of-an-abbey/)

[Alec Douglas-Home](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alec-douglas-home/)

> [Oh God, if there be cricket in heaven, let there also be rain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alec-douglas-home/oh-god-if-there-be-cricket-in-heaven-let-there-also-be-rain/)

[Alec Douglas-Home](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alec-douglas-home/)

> [There are two problems in my life. The political ones are insoluble and the economic ones are incomprehensible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alec-douglas-home/there-are-two-problems-in-my-life-the-political-ones-are-insoluble/)

[Alec Douglas-Home](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alec-douglas-home/)

> [A man of integrity will never listen to any reason against conscience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alec-douglas-home/a-man-of-integrity-will-never-listen-to-any-reason-against-conscience/)

[Alec Douglas-Home](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alec-douglas-home/)

> [...the first casualty (of this crisis) had been the United Nations. It would need an immense effort, an almost superhuman effort, to restore the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alec-douglas-home/the-first-casualty-of-this-crisis-had-been-the-united-nations-it/)

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