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David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor,[a] OM, PC (17 January 1863 – 26 March 1945) was a British statesman of the Liberal Party and the final Liberal to serve as Prime Minister.

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Do not be afraid of taking a big step-you cannot cross a chasm in two steps.

Afraid, Big, Courage, Steps, 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.

Democracy, Disintegrating, Establishing, Kinds, Majority, Party

You cannot trust the interests of any class entirely to another class; and you cannot trust the interests of any sex to another sex.

Class, Interest, Interests, Sex, Trust

If you want to succeed in politics you must keep your conscience firmly under control.

Control, Firmly, Political, Politics, Under, Want

The finest eloquence is that which gets things done.

Done, Finest, Things, Things Done

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

Agreement, Person, Political, Politician, Politics

You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.

Chasm, Commitment, Cross, Graduation, Small, Two

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. "

Come, Digress, Justice, Political, Waiting, Yelled

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.

Countries, Country, Future, Hope, Sit, Time

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

Angry Man, Blood, Men, Quarrel, Right

Every man has a House of Lords in his own head. Fears, prejudices, misconceptions - those are the peers and they are hereditary.

Head, House, Men, Misconceptions, Peers, Prejudice

If you want to understand a subject promise to speak on it.

Advice, Promise, Subject, Understand, Want

Diplomats were invented simply to waste time.

Diplomats, Invented, Political, Politics, Simply, Time

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.

Adherents, Conviction, Democracies Have, Failure, Long, People

Winston [Churchill] is the only remaining specimen of a real Tory.

Churchill, Real, Remaining, Specimen, Winston

[The General Staff] maintained three sets of casualty figures, one to fool the public, one to fool the Government and one to fool themselves.

Fool, Government, Public, Sets, Three

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.

Army, People, Victory, Armies, Equitable, Peace

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

Alcohol, Deadly, Drink, Fighting, Foes, Germany

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

Country, Firefighter, Hero, Heroes, Make

Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it.

Baobab, Embrace, Individual, Like, Tree

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