David Lloyd George Quotes

1863-1945, British Statesman, Prime Minister
quotes
14
topics
12
Origin
Topic
“Liberty has restraints but no frontiers.”
VerifiedInternational Liberal Conference (July 1928) · evidenceFreedom
“Diplomats were invented simply to waste time.”
VerifiedOn preparation for the Paris Peace Conference (November 1918) · evidenceDiplomacy
“With me a change of trouble is as good as a vacation.”
Change
“There is nothing so fatal to character as half finished tasks.”
Procrastination
“What is our task? To make Britain a fit country for heroes to live in.”
Heroes and Heroism
“The most dangerous thing in the world is to try to leap a chasm in two jumps.”
Danger
“Liberty is not merely a privilege to be conferred; it is a habit to be acquired.”
VerifiedSpeech in the House of Commons (10 May 1928) · evidenceFreedom
“The finest eloquence is that which gets things done; the worst is that which delays them.”
VerifiedSpeech at the Paris Peace Conference (January 1919) · evidenceEloquence
“Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.”
Commitment
“A fully equipped duke costs as much to keep up as two Dreadnoughts, and dukes are just as great a terror -- and they last longer.”
Aristocracy
“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.”
Politicians and Politics
“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.”
VerifiedSpeech in Reading (1 January 1910) · evidencePoverty and The Poor
“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.”
Sacrifice
“The Landlord is a gentleman who does not earn his wealth. He has a host of agents and clerks that receive for him. He does not even take the trouble to spend his wealth. He has a host of people around him to do the actual spending. He never sees it until he comes to enjoy it. His sole function, his chief pride, is the stately consumption of wealth produced by others.”
Landlords