David Lloyd George Quotes

A collection of quotes by David Lloyd George.

David Lloyd George was a Welsh statesman who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1922. Born in 1863, he rose to prominence as a liberal Radical advocating for social reforms and welfare policies. He played a key role in leading Britain through World War I and was instrumental in the implementation of several landmark policies, including the introduction of comprehensive social insurance and the extension of voting rights to women. His leadership and negotiation skills were crucial in the signing of the Treaty of Versailles and the establishment of the League of Nations.

Don't be afraid to take a big step. You can't cross a chasm

Don't be afraid to take a big step. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.

David Lloyd George


Y Gwir Yn Erbyn Y Byd (Welsh: The truth against the world).

Y Gwir Yn Erbyn Y Byd (Welsh: The truth against the world).

David Lloyd George

Truth

A fully equipped duke costs as much to keep up as two Dreadn

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.

David Lloyd George

Aristocracy

No democracy has ever long survived the failure of its adher

No democracy has ever long survived the failure of its adherents to be ready to die for it. My own conviction is this, the people must either go on or go under.

David Lloyd George


The stern hand of fate has scourged us to an elevation where

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.

David Lloyd George

Sacrifice

The Landlord is a gentleman who does not earn his wealth. He

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.

David Lloyd George

Land

There is nothing so fatal to character as half finished task

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

David Lloyd George

Procrastination

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

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

David Lloyd George

Change

What do you want to be a sailor for? There are greater storm

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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Politics

Once blood is shed in a national quarrel reason and right ar

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

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What is our task? To make Britain a fit country for heroes t

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

David Lloyd George

Heroes/heroism

Four specters haunt the Poor -- Old Age, Accident, Sickness

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.

David Lloyd George

Poverty

The most dangerous thing in the world is to try to leap a ch

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

David Lloyd George

Danger

The finest eloquence is that which gets things done; the wor

The finest eloquence is that which gets things done; the worst is that which delays them.

David Lloyd George

Conversation

Liberty has restraints but no frontiers.

Liberty has restraints but no frontiers.

David Lloyd George

Freedom

Liberty is not merely a privilege to be conferred; it is a h

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

David Lloyd George

Freedom

Diplomats were invented simply to waste time.

Diplomats were invented simply to waste time.

David Lloyd George

Diplomacy

Don't be afraid to take a big step. You can't cross a chasm

Don't be afraid to take a big step. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.

David Lloyd George

Risk