"Alec Douglas-Home was the last of the gentlemen politicians who had no other motivation than public service."
— Alec Douglas-Home

January 1, 1970

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David Steel, quoted in Mary Braid, 'He represented all that was best in his generation . . . everyone trusted him', The Independent (9 October 1995)