“If I am to die, I would rather die fighting on the left.”
Remark to Herbert Samuel, explaining his opposition to Liberal politicians joining the National Government (5 October 1931), quoted in John Campbell, Lloyd George: The Goat in the Wilderness, 1922–1931 (1977), p. 301
Leader of the Independent Liberals
“We ought not to stint anything that is necessary in order to crush the rebellion.”
Letter to Bonar Law (10 May 1920), quoted in D. G. Boyce, 'How to Settle the Irish Question: Lloyd George and Ireland 1916–21', in A. J. P. Taylor (ed.), Lloyd George: Twelve Essays (1971), pp. 150-151
Prime Minister
“What we stint in materials we squander in lives... What you spare in money you spill in blood.”
Speech http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1915/dec/20/statement-by-mr-lloyd-george#column_97 in the House of Commons (20 December 1915)
Minister of Munitions
“What was the use of talking about freedom if they had millions of people tethered to slums?”
Speech to the Oxford University Liberal Club at the Oxford Union (15 June 1926), quoted in The Times (16 June 1926), p. 18
Leader of the Liberal Party in the House of Commons
“No. A Liberal I was born and a Liberal I die. I will not join Labour.”
Remarks to Tom Clarke, the editor of the Daily News (14 October 1926), quoted in Tom Clarke, My Lloyd George Diary (1939), p. 23
Leader of the Liberal Party in the House of Commons
Speech in the Manchester Reform Club on Asquith's rebuke to Lloyd George for not attending the Liberal Shadow Cabinet meeting on 10 May (5 June 1926), quoted in The Times (7 June 1926), p. 8
Leader of the Liberal Party in the House of Commons
“If you scratch a Conservative, you find a Fascist.”
Speech to the London Young Liberal Federation in the National Liberal Club (5 January 1925), quoted in John Campbell, Lloyd George: The Goat in the Wilderness, 1922–1931 (1977), p. 109
Leader of the Liberal Party in the House of Commons
“Liberalism stands for the safe middle course.”
Speech at Crewe station during the general election campaign (23 November 1923), quoted in The Times (24 November 1923), p. 8
Leader of the National Liberal Party
Prime Minister
Source: Speech http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1919/jul/03/unprovoked-attack-upon-france#S5CV0117P0_19190703_HOC_333 in the House of Commons on the Treaty of Versailles (3 July 1919)
Prime Minister
Source: Speech http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1919/jul/03/territorial-adjustments#S5CV0117P0_19190703_HOC_316 in the House of Commons on the Treaty of Versailles (3 July 1919)
Prime Minister
Source: Speech http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1919/jul/03/territorial-adjustments#column_1215 in the House of Commons on the Treaty of Versailles (3 July 1919)