Alec Douglas-Home, Former Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom (1903 - 1995), is quoted 10 times on QuoteForever. The subjects that come up most often are War, Doctors, Fit and Said.

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The doctor unfortunately said I was fit.

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

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

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

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

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

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

"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"

...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

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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