David Lloyd George Quotes

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

  David Lloyd George

  Running, Political, Lunatic Asylums

  In Observer 8 Jan. 1933

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• If the people really knew [the truth] the war would be stopped tomorrow. But of course they don't know and can't know.

  David Lloyd George

  War, People, Would Be

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• Peace must be framed on so equitable a basis, that the nations would not wish to disturb it . . . so that the confidence of the German people shall be put in the equity of their cause and not in the might of their armies.

  David Lloyd George

  Army, People, Victory

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• Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.

  David Lloyd George

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  "Design for Power : The Struggle for the World". Book by Frederick Lewis Schuman, 1941.

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• 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

  63 Copy quote

• It is always too late, or too little, or both. And that is the road to disaster.

  David Lloyd George

  Too Late, Littles, Disaster

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• The League of Nations is the greatest humbug in history. They cannot even protect a little nation like Armenia. They do nothing but pass useless resolutions.

  David Lloyd George

  League, Armenia, Useless

  "The Riddell Diaries 1908-1923". Book by George Allardice Riddell, 1986.

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• Anything can be achieved in small, deliberate steps. But there are times you need the courage to take a great leap; you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.

  David Lloyd George

  Motivational, Courage, Two

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• A young man who isn't a socialist hasn't got a heart; an old man who is a socialist hasn't got a head.

  David Lloyd George

  Heart, Men, Young

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

  David Lloyd George

  Political, Politics, Want

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• The finest eloquence is that which gets things done.

  David Lloyd George

  Done, Finest, Things Done

  Speech at Paris Peace Conference, 18 Jan. 1919, in The Times 20 Jan. 1919

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• There is nothing so fatal to character as half finished tasks.

  David Lloyd George

  Motivation, Procrastination, Character

  David Lloyd George (1918). “The Great Crusade: Extracts from Speeches Delivered During the War”

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• We are fighting Germany, Austria and drink, and as far as I can see, the greatest of these three deadly foes is drink.

  David Lloyd George

  Fighting, Alcohol, Germany

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• 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.

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• One day while Lloyd George was making a political speech before a big crowd, a heckler yelled, "Wait a minute, Mr. George. Isn't it true your grandfather used to peddle tinware around here in an oxcart hauled by a donkey?" Lloyd George replied, "I digress just a moment and thank the gentlemen for calling that to my attention. It is true, my dear old grandfather used to peddle tinware with an old cart and a donkey. As a matter of fact, after this meeting is over, if my friend will come with me, I will show him that old cart, but I never knew until this minute what became of the ass."

  David Lloyd George

  Justice, Waiting, Political

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• Four specters haunt the Poor - Old Age, Accident, Sickness and Unemployment. We are going to exorcise them. We are going to drive hunger from the hearth. We mean to banish the workhouse from the horizon of every workman in the land.

  David Lloyd George

  Heart, Mean, Land

  45 Copy quote

• Sincerity is the surest road to confidence.

  David Lloyd George

  Confidence, Sincerity

  Speech at Aberystwyth, August 3, 1928.

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• If you want to understand a subject promise to speak on it.

  David Lloyd George

  Advice, Promise, Want

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• 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.

  34 Copy quote

• If you listen to the neverdo's, it's never done.

  David Lloyd George

  Listening, Done, Ifs

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• Who ordained that a few should have the land of Britain as a perquisite, who made 10,000 people owners of the soil and the rest of us trespassers in the land of our birth?

  David Lloyd George

  Freedom, Should Have, Land

  "The Sunday Times" Newspaper, October 11, 1909.

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• Believe me, Germany is unable to wage war.

  David Lloyd George

  War, Believe, Germany

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• When they circumcised Herbert Samuel they threw away the wrong bit

  David Lloyd George

  Bits

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• Independent thinking is not encouraged in a professional Army. It is a form of mutiny. Obedience is the supreme virtue.

  David Lloyd George

  War, Independent, Army

  David Lloyd George “War Memoirs of David Lloyd George: 1918”

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• Diplomats were invented simply to waste time.

  David Lloyd George

  Time, Political, Politics

  On preparation for the Paris Peace Conference, November 1918.

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