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Alec Douglas-Home

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[Wikipedia] Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel, known as Lord Dunglass from 1918 to 1951 and the Earl of Home from 1951 to 1963, was a British statesman and Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1963 to 1964. He was the last prime minister to hol

Quotes 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…

Alec Douglas-Home

Anger

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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…

Alec Douglas-Home

Chance

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The doctor unfortunately said I was fit.

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Doctors

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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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Accustomed

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

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Fall

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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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Abbey

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

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Cricket

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

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Economic

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

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Conscience

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...the first casualty (of this crisis) had been the United Nations. It would need an immense effort, an almost superhuman effort, to…

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Casualties

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