Margaret Thatcher on Alec Douglas-Home

“Integrity shone out of Alec Douglas-Home. Everyone trusted and admired him... He represented all that was best in his generation.”

“I think he read everything, thought about everything and, as he would start to speak to you, he would speak with a depth, speak not in party political terms, but in depth of the history of England...of the United Kingdom and of the Empire... [He] was an extremely nice person but...not one the populace could take to... Television isn't kind to some people, although no one ever inspired more loyalty than Alec Douglas-Home.”