“He is a powerful fellow, with a bull neck and a huge voice - a born leader…if there is trouble, mark my words! You will hear more of Bevin!”

—  Ernest Bevin

David Lloyd George in conversation with Lord Riddell (1 March 1919), quoted in J. M. McEwen (ed.), The Riddell Diaries 1908-1923 (London: The Athlone Press, 1986), p. 258.

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