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David Lloyd George
Welsh
Statesman
About the author
He has sat on the fence so long that the iron has entered his soul.
David Lloyd George,
Welsh
Statesman
#Soul
With me a change of trouble is as good as a vacation.
David Lloyd George,
Welsh
Statesman
#Trouble
#Change
#Vacation
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,
Welsh
Statesman
#Want
#Will
#Politics
#Sea
#Storms
#Blood
We are muddled into war.
David Lloyd George,
Welsh
Statesman
#War
There is nothing so fatal to character as half finished tasks.
David Lloyd George,
Welsh
Statesman
#Character
#Nothing
The most dangerous thing in the world is to try to leap a chasm in two jumps.
David Lloyd George,
Welsh
Statesman
#World
The finest eloquence is that which gets things done.
David Lloyd George,
Welsh
Statesman
#Eloquence
Once blood is shed in a national quarrel reason and right are swept aside by the rage of angry men.
David Lloyd George,
Welsh
Statesman
#Right
#Reason
#Men
#Blood
#Quarrel
A politician is a person with whose politics you don't agree; if you agree with him he's a statesman.
David Lloyd George,
Welsh
Statesman
#Politics
Liberty has restraints but no frontiers.
David Lloyd George,
Welsh
Statesman
#Liberty
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,
Welsh
Statesman
Diplomats were invented simply to waste time.
David Lloyd George,
Welsh
Statesman
#Time
#Waste
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,
Welsh
Statesman
#Heart
#Man
#Old
You cannot feed the hungry on statistics.
David Lloyd George,
Welsh
Statesman
#Statistics
Liberty is not merely a privilege to be conferred; it is a habit to be acquired.
David Lloyd George,
Welsh
Statesman
#Liberty
#Habit
#Privilege
What is our task? To make Britain a fit country for heroes to live in.
David Lloyd George,
Welsh
Statesman
#Country
#Heroes