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 More Quotes by David Lloyd George More Quotes From David Lloyd George Great men sometimes lose the reins and lose their heads. This time, let us hope that they will retain them and that when victory is assured they will sit down and reckon what the future is going to be for their countries as well as for other lands. David Lloyd George hope time country 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 storm sea blood The Bolshevists would blow up the fabric with high explosive, with horror. Others would pull down with the crowbars and with cranks--especially with cranks. . . . Sweating, slums, the sense of semi-slavery in labour, must go. We must cultivate a sense of manhood by treating men as men. David Lloyd George fabric blow men If you want to understand a subject promise to speak on it. David Lloyd George want advice promise I am the last man in the world to say that the succor which is given us from America is not in itself something to rejoice at greatly. But I also say that I can see more in the knowledge that America is going to win a right to be at the conference table when the terms of peace are discussed. . . . It would have been a tragedy for mankind if America had not been there, and there with all her influence and power. David Lloyd George influence-and-power winning men Winston [Churchill] is the only remaining specimen of a real Tory. David Lloyd George real 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 fate sacrifice hands Explain to me again the difference between superstitious beliefs or pagan incantations, and scientific ones. Be braver - you cannot cross a chasm in two small jumps. David Lloyd George differences belief two [Proportional representation is a] device for defeating democracy, the principle of which was that the majority should rule, and for bringing faddists of all kinds into Parliament, and establishing groups and disintegrating parties. David Lloyd George democracy party principles Great Britain would spend her last guinea to keep a navy superior to that of the United States or any other power. David Lloyd George navy united-states lasts Every man has a House of Lords in his own head. Fears, prejudices, misconceptions - those are the peers and they are hereditary. David Lloyd George prejudice house men There is nothing more dangerous than to leap a chasm in two jumps. David Lloyd George leap dangerous two You cannot feed the hungry on statistics. David Lloyd George cannot you hungry statistics We are muddled into war. David Lloyd George muddled war