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."

—David Lloyd George (1863-1945)

"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 (1863-1945)

"The world is becoming like a lunatic asylum run by lunatics."

—David Lloyd George (1863-1945)

"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 (1863-1945)

"The finest eloquence is that which gets things done."

—David Lloyd George (1863-1945)

"The League of Nations is the greatest humbug in history. They cannot even protect a little nation like Armenia. They do nothing but pass useless resolutions."

—David Lloyd George (1863-1945)

"We are fighting Germany, Austria and drink, and as far as I can see, the greatest of these three deadly foes is drink."

—David Lloyd George (1863-1945)

"Who ordained that a few should have the land of Britain as a perquisite, who made 10,000 people owners of the soil and the rest of us trespassers in the land of our birth?"

—David Lloyd George (1863-1945)

"He has sat on the fence so long that the iron has entered his soul."

—David Lloyd George (1863-1945)

"Liberty has restraints but no frontiers."

—David Lloyd George (1863-1945)

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

—David Lloyd George (1863-1945)

"Lucidity of speech is unquestionably one of the surest tests of mental precision...In my experience a confused talker is never a clear thinker."

—David Lloyd George (1863-1945)

"Independent thinking is not encouraged in a professional Army. It is a form of mutiny. Obedience is the supreme virtue."

—David Lloyd George (1863-1945)