Who said “Four specters haunt the Poor -- Old Age, Accident, Sickness and Unemployment. We are…”?

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David Lloyd George. A published source records them saying or writing it.

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“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.”
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George, D. L. (n.d.). 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. [Quotation]. Famous Quotations Network. Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/33643-four-specters-haunt-the-poor-old-age-accident/

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George, David Lloyd. “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.” Famous Quotations Network, https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/33643-four-specters-haunt-the-poor-old-age-accident/. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

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George, David Lloyd. “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.” Famous Quotations Network. Accessed October 24, 2026. https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/33643-four-specters-haunt-the-poor-old-age-accident/.