“We had better wait and see.”

— H. H. Asquith

Phrase used repeatedly in speeches in 1910; see [Jenkins, Roy, w:Roy Jenkins, Asquith, A Trial of Statesmanship I, 1964]

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Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1852–1928

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