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What is our task? To make Britain a fit country for heroes to live in.
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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Heroes
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Britain
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Liberty is not merely a privilege to be conferred it is a habit to be acquired.
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The man who tries to make the flag an object of a single party is a greater traitor to that flag than any man who fires at it.
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Once blood is shed in a national quarrel reason and right are swept aside by the rage of angry men.
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Independent thinking is not encouraged in a professional Army. It is a form of mutiny. Obedience is the supreme virtue.
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