“My wife had an uncle who could never walk down the nave of an abbey without wondering whether it would take spin.” WalksWonderWifeMy WifeUnclesAbbey Author:Alec Douglas-Home
“For ebbing resolution ne'er returns, But falls still further from its former shore.” StillsFallReturnFormerResolutionShore Author:Alec Douglas-Home
“A man of integrity will never listen to any reason against conscience.” MenReasonIntegrityConscienceMan Of Integrity Author: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; vanity, on the contrary, is always pleasant, yet always disagreeable.” PassionStagePainfulContraryPityVanityPleasantExcessResentmentDisagreeable Author:Alec Douglas-Home
“There are two problems in my life. The political ones are insoluble and the economic ones are incomprehensible.” LifeTwoProblemPoliticalPoliticsEconomicEconomics 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.” MindI CanAgeMissingManageAccustomedResignedDeafnessBifocals Author:Alec Douglas-Home
“Oh God, if there be cricket in heaven, let there also be rain.” IfsHeavenSportsRainMotivational SportsCricketCricket Funny 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 apply the principles of their Charter"” WarLastsNationsChanceUnitedPrinciplesJudgmentErrorsUnited NationsCharterLast Chance 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 prestige of that organization” NeedsFirstsWarNationsUnitedEffortOrganizationCrisisImmenseUnited NationsPrestigeCasualtiesSuperhuman Author:Alec Douglas-Home
