David Lloyd George Quotes About Politics

Quotes about: Politics

• What is our task? To make Britain a fit country for heroes to live in.

  David Lloyd George

  Country, Hero, Firefighter

  Speech at Wolverhampton, 23 Nov. 1918, in The Times 25 Nov. 1918

• The world is becoming like a lunatic asylum run by lunatics.

  David Lloyd George

  Running, Political, Lunatic Asylums

  In Observer 8 Jan. 1933

• If you want to succeed in politics you must keep your conscience firmly under control.

  David Lloyd George

  Political, Politics, Want

• A politician is a person with whose politics you don't agree; if you agree with him he's a statesman.

  David Lloyd George

  Agreement, Political, Politics

  "The British System of Government". Book by Dilwyn Thomas, 1965.

• He has sat on the fence so long that the iron has entered his soul.

  David Lloyd George

  Sarcastic, Iron, Long

• Diplomats were invented simply to waste time.

  David Lloyd George

  Time, Political, Politics

  On preparation for the Paris Peace Conference, November 1918.

• The government are behaving like a bevy of maiden aunts who have fallen among buccaneers.

  David Lloyd George

  Aunt, Government, Political

• Death is the most convenient time to tax rich people.

  David Lloyd George

  Death, People, Political

  "Lord Riddell's Intimate Diary of the Peace Conference and After, 1918-1923". Book by Frederick Lewis Schuman, 1933.

• What do you want to be a sailor for? There are greater storms in politics than you will ever find at sea. Piracy, broadsides, blood on the decks. You will find them all in politics.

  David Lloyd George

  Blood, Sea, Storm

• A fully equipped duke costs as much to keep up as two Dreadnoughts, and dukes are just as great a terror - and they last longer.

  David Lloyd George

  Two, Political, Aristocracy

  Speech at Newcastle, 9 Oct. 1909, in The Times 11 Oct. 1909

• A body of 500 men chosen at random from amongst the unemployed.

  David Lloyd George

  Men, Political, Body

• Wild men, screaming through the keyholes.

  David Lloyd George

  Men, Political, Wild Man

  David Lloyd George (1938). “The Truth about the Peace Treaties”

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