A politician is a person with whose politics you don't agree; if you agree with him he's a statesman.
David Lloyd George

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

Diplomats were invented simply to waste time.
David Lloyd George

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

He has sat on the fence so long that the iron has entered his soul.
David Lloyd George

Liberty has restraints but no frontiers.
David Lloyd George

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

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

The finest eloquence is that which gets things done.
David Lloyd George

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


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

We are muddled into war.
David Lloyd George

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

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

With me a change of trouble is as good as a vacation.
David Lloyd George

You cannot feed the hungry on statistics.
David Lloyd George