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Wild men, screaming through the keyholes.
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
Keyholes
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Political
Men
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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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He [Hitler] is a very great man. Fuhrer is the proper name for him, for he is a born leader, yes, and statesman.
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The conventional heaven with its angels perpetually singing etc nearly drove me mad in my youth and made me an atheist for ten years. My opinion is that we shall be reincarnated.
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Lucidity of speech is unquestionably one of the surest tests of mental precision...In my experience a confused talker is never a clear thinker.
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The government are behaving like a bevy of maiden aunts who have fallen among buccaneers.
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If you want to understand a subject promise to speak on it.
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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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