Lloyd George
Lloyd George
David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, OM, PCwas a British Liberal politician and statesman...
real
Winston [Churchill] is the only remaining specimen of a real Tory.
listening done ifs
If you listen to the neverdo's, it's never done.
sacrifice fate hands
The stern hand of fate has scourged us to an elevation where we can see the great everlasting things which matter for a nation - the great peaks we had forgotten, of Honor, Duty, Patriotism, and clad in glittering white, the great pinnacle of Sacrifice pointing like a rugged finger to Heaven.
men names leader
He [Hitler] is a very great man. "Fuhrer" is the proper name for him, for he is a born leader, yes, and statesman.
bits
When they circumcised Herbert Samuel they threw away the wrong bit
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.