David Lloyd George Quotes

David Lloyd George (17)

Birth:	17th January, 1863
Death:	26th March, 1945
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Lawyer, Politician, Prime Minister

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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

  Topics in Politics

• 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.

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• Diplomats were invented simply to waste time.

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

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• Liberty has restraints but no frontiers.

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• Liberty is not merely a privilege to be conferred; it is a habit to be acquired.

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• Once blood is shed in a national quarrel reason and right are swept aside by the rage of angry men.

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• The finest eloquence is that which gets things done.

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• The most dangerous thing in the world is to try to leap a chasm in two jumps.

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

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• We are muddled into war.

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• 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.

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

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• With me a change of trouble is as good as a vacation.

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• There are no credentials. They do not even need a medical certificate. They need not be sound either in body or mind. They only require a certificate of birth -just to prove they are first of the litter. You would not choose a Spaniel on these principles.

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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.

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• It’s not so much that we’re afraid of change or so in love with the old ways, but it’s that place in between that we fear . . . . It’s like being between trapezes. It’s Linus when his blanket is in the dryer. There’s nothing to hold on to.

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