Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1922
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The man who ran Britain through most of World War I and then brokered the Irish Free State — while surviving two scandals, battling his own generals, and watching his Liberal Party crumble beneath him.
Born in Manchester in 1863 and raised in Wales, Lloyd George built his name as a fiery orator pushing land reform and Welsh devolution, winning a seat in Parliament in 1890 that he'd hold for 55 years. As Chancellor of the Exchequer under Asquith, he forced through the 1909 People's Budget — taxing land and wealth to fund the welfare state — triggering a constitutional crisis that broke the House of Lords' veto power. When Asquith faltered in 1916, Lloyd George took over as Prime Minister, tightened the war cabinet, implemented convoys against U-boats, and fought his own commanders until the A…
Sourced, dated quotes from David Lloyd George
Free Trade is a great pacificator. We have had many quarrels, many causes of quarrels, during the last fifty years, but we have not had a single war with any first-class Power.
Free Trade may be the alpha, but it is not the omega, of Liberal policy.
When I talk about trade and industry, it is not because I think trade and industry are more important than social reform.
[The House of Lords] is the right hon. Gentleman's poodle. It fetches and carries for him. It barks for him. It bites anybody that he sets it on to.
I believe there is a new order coming for the people of this country. It is a quiet but certain revolution.
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