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Liberty is not merely a privilege to be conferred it is a habit to be acquired.
David Lloyd George
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David Lloyd George
Age: 82 †
Born: 1863
Born: January 17
Died: 1945
Died: March 26
Chancellor Of The Exchequer
Civil Servant
Diplomat
Politician
Solicitor
Manchester
England
David Lloyd George
1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor
George David Lloyd
George Lloyd
Earl Lloyd-George
Lord Lloyd-George
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Privilege
Merely
Habit
Liberty
Freedom
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It is always too late, or too little, or both. And that is the road to disaster.
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If the people really knew [the truth] the war would be stopped tomorrow. But of course they don't know and can't know.
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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.
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Liberty has restraints but no frontiers.
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The nations slithered over the brink into the boiling cauldron of war without any trace of apprehension or dismay... The nations backed their machines over the precipice not one of them wanted war, certainly not on this scale
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