"Lloyd George was the idol of the nation, the Premier under whose aegis Germany was overthrown and the Empire saved. He attained an authority greater than that held by any British Prime Minister who had gone before him. He dictated to Europe; he flung out great dynasties with a gesture; he parcelled out the frontiers of races; everything was in his hands, and his hands showed that they had the power to use everything. Now all that is ended. Nothing remains but the picture of him in the days of glory. There on the walls of memory, outstanding in power and vitality, amid the faded pictures of his predecessors, is Lloyd George, Prime Minister of Great Britain."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Prime Ministers of the United KingdomPoliticians from EnglandBritish peersPoliticians from WalesPeople from Manchester
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Lord Beaverbrook, speech in the House of Lords (28 March 1945), quoted in Lord Beaverbrook, Men and Power, 1917–1918 (1956), p. 418
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/David_Lloyd_George
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
David Lloyd George
1863 – 1945
britischer Politiker
461 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by David Lloyd George →
Related Quotes
"Mr. Chamberlain is right in so far as he says that things are not well in this country. We cannot feed the hungry wit…"
"As our fathers had freed our trade there was another work to accomplish. This was to free the land from the chains of…"
"Landlords have no nationality; their characteristics are cosmopolitan."
"Great Britain would spend her last guinea to keep a navy superior to that of the United States or any other power."
"I believe there is a new order coming for the people of this country. It is a quiet but certain revolution."
"I will not say but that I eyed the assembly in a spirit similar to that in which William the Conqueror eyed England o…"
"A free religion and a free people in a free land."
"Why had Wales made sacrifices in the face of unexampled difficulties and intimidation from squires and agents? It was…"
"[I believe in Oliver Cromwell] because he was a great fighting Dissenter. He was perhaps the first statesman to recog…"
"[The House of Lords] is the right hon. Gentleman's poodle. It fetches and carries for him. It barks for him. It bites…"