One day while Lloyd George was making a political speech before a big crowd, a heckler yelled, "Wait a minute, Mr. George. Isn't it true your grandfather used to peddle tinware around here in an oxcart hauled by a donkey?" Lloyd George replied, "I digress just a moment and thank the gentlemen for calling that to my attention. It is true, my dear old grandfather used to peddle tinware with an old cart and a donkey. As a matter of fact, after this meeting is over, if my friend will come with me, I will show him that old cart, but I never knew until this minute what became of the ass."
The world is becoming like a lunatic asylum run by lunatics. - David Lloyd George
The world is becoming like a lunatic asylum run by lunatics.
- 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
Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
If the people really knew [the truth] the war would be stopped tomorrow. But of course they don't know and can't know. - David Lloyd George
If the people really knew [the truth] the war would be stopped tomorrow. But of course they don't know and can't know.
What is our task? To make Britain a fit country for heroes to live in. - David Lloyd George
What is our task? To make Britain a fit country for heroes to live in.
The finest eloquence is that which gets things done. - David Lloyd George
The finest eloquence is that which gets things done.
The nations slithered over the brink into the boiling cauldron of war without any trace of apprehension or dismay... The nations backed their machine… - David Lloyd George
The nations slithered over the brink into the boiling cauldron of war without any trace of apprehension or dismay... The nations backed their machine…
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
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.
If you want to succeed in politics you must keep your conscience firmly under control. - David Lloyd George
If you want to succeed in politics you must keep your conscience firmly under control.
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 hea… - David Lloyd George
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 hea…
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