David Lloyd George
David Lloyd George
David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, OM, PCwas a British Liberal politician and statesman...
NationalityWelsh
ProfessionStatesman
Date of Birth17 January 1863
principles conviction vulture
Doctinaires are the vultures of principle. They feed upon principle after it is dead.
cheese aristocracy higher
Aristrocracy is like cheese. The older it is the higher it becomes.
country time men
Great men sometimes lose the reins and lose their heads. This time, let us hope that they will retain them and that when victory is assured they will sit down and reckon what the future is going to be for their countries as well as for other lands.
tree individual embrace
Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it.
party men fire
The man who tries to make the flag an object of a single party is a greater traitor to that flag than any man who fires at it.
two crosses abyss
One cannot cross an abyss in two jumps.
government three fool
[The General Staff] maintained three sets of casualty figures, one to fool the public, one to fool the Government and one to fool themselves.
men house peers
Every man has a House of Lords in his own head. Fears, prejudices, misconceptions - those are the peers and they are hereditary.
two differences belief
Explain to me again the difference between superstitious beliefs or pagan incantations, and scientific ones. Be braver - you cannot cross a chasm in two small jumps.
heart men young
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.
men blood angry-man
Once blood is shed in a national quarrel reason and right are swept aside by the rage of angry men.
atheist angel years
The conventional heaven with its angels perpetually singing etc nearly drove me mad in my youth and made me an atheist for ten years. My opinion is that we shall be reincarnated.
fighting alcohol germany
We are fighting Germany, Austria and drink, and as far as I can see, the greatest of these three deadly foes is drink.
war believe air-power
Believe me, Germany is unable to wage war.