We also believe that we should have the power to assist voluntary repatriation, that the dependents must be counted against the limits on numbers, an… - Alec Douglas-Home

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We also believe that we should have the power to assist voluntary repatriation, that the dependents must be counted against the limits on numbers, and that the total should be further reduced. ... Without the measures outlined, those of us who have studied this question at close quarters are increasingly fearful that an intractable racial problem will be introduced into Britain and may become endemic if we are not careful. This, in our view, must not be allowed. Therefore it is time to bring this problem into the open and not be afraid to talk about it. Those who speak about it in a responsible way should not be charged with racial prejudice.

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About Alec Douglas-Home

Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel (2 July 1903 – 9 October 1995) was a British Conservative politician who served one year as Prime Minister after renouncing his hereditary peerage and gaining re-election to the House of Commons. Long service in the governments of the 1950s (including as Foreign Secretary, July 1960–October 1963) led to his emergence as a compromise candidate in the feverish negotiations of 1963, but he narrowly failed to rebuild the Conservatives' popularity sufficiently to win the 1964 general election. He returned as Foreign Secretary in the government of Edward Heath (June 1970–March 1974) and received a life peerage at the end of 1974.

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Alternative Names: Lord Home Sir Alec Douglas-Home Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home Home of the Hirsel Alec Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel Alexander Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel Alec Douglas-Home, Lord Home of the Hirsel Alexander Douglas-Home, Lord Home of the Hirsel Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Lord Home of the Hirsel Alec Home Alexander Home Alec Douglas-Home, Lord Dunglass Alexander Douglas-Home, Lord Dunglass Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Lord Dunglass Alec Dunglass Alexander Dunglass Alec Douglas-Home, 14th Earl of Home Alexander Douglas-Home, 14th Earl of Home Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, 14th Earl of Home Home of the Hirsel, Alec Douglas-Home Baron
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There is one question, fundamental to everything, which has yet to be convincingly answered. “Will a democracy of one man-one vote faced with a choice always go for the softer of two options?” ... If the answer to the question...were to be ‘yes’ then Britain and the democracies of Europe and America would go under, and we should be supplanted by another political, military and economic philosophy. But there is evidence that the people of Britain are beginning to tumble to the fact that if they want to enjoy the fruits of life then rights must be balanced by duties and individual effort must be made.

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