You cannot feed the hungry on statistics. David Lloyd George More Quotes by David Lloyd George More Quotes From 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 successmotivationalinspirational 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 would-bewarpeople The finest eloquence is that which gets things done. David Lloyd George things-donefinestdone 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." David Lloyd George politicalwaitingjustice What is our task? To make Britain a fit country for heroes to live in. David Lloyd George firefighterherocountry 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 germanyalcoholfighting 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 armeniauselessleague The world is becoming like a lunatic asylum run by lunatics. David Lloyd George lunatic-asylumspoliticalrunning Anything can be achieved in small, deliberate steps. But there are times you need the courage to take a great leap; you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps. David Lloyd George couragemotivationaltwo Peace must be framed on so equitable a basis, that the nations would not wish to disturb it . . . so that the confidence of the German people shall be put in the equity of their cause and not in the might of their armies. David Lloyd George victoryarmypeople 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 youngheartmen 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 landheartmean If you want to succeed in politics you must keep your conscience firmly under control. David Lloyd George politicspoliticalwant There is nothing so fatal to character as half finished tasks. David Lloyd George procrastinationmotivationcharacter 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 freedomlandshould-have Golf is the only game where the worst player gets the best of it. He obtains more out of it as regards both exercise and enjoyment, for the good player gets worried over the slightest mistake, whereas the poor player makes too many mistakes to worry about them. David Lloyd George exercisemistakegolf 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 democracies-havelongpeople He has sat on the fence so long that the iron has entered his soul. David Lloyd George ironsarcasticlong Liberty has restraints but no frontiers. David Lloyd George restraintlibertyfreedom You cannot trust the interests of any class entirely to another class; and you cannot trust the interests of any sex to another sex. David Lloyd George interestclasssex
