David Lloyd George Quotes
A new deal for everyone.
1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor. The phrase was later used by FDR in his 1932 acceptance speech and became the appellation for his programs. However, this was not the first time the "new deal" phrase was used in a political context. Mark Twain used it in 1889 -- see {642436}. It is not known whether or not Roosevelt or his staff were familiar with Lloyd George's use or whether or not either of them were conscious of Twain's 1889 use in his A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court.
David Lloyd George, 1863-1945, British Prime Minister (Liberal), Campaign Slogan, 1919
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Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835-1910. This is the earliest written or spoken instance of the “new deal” phrase that we have found in a political context. This was 43 years before President Franklin Delano Roosevelt adopted it as the name of his political program.
He was running on the Bull Moose Party ticket. The “square deal” phrase was a major slogan of the campaign and had first been used earlier in 1903 and 1905. See {32586} and {32766}. The Smithsonian Institution has even preserved the audio of this quotation. See their website.
Most people wrongly believe that President Lyndon Baines Johnson whose centerpiece of his administration was the “Great Society” also coined the term or at least one of his assistants did. However, it was used in writing over 50 years earlier by this Englishman.
- Born: January 17, 1863
- Died: March 26, 1945
- Nationality: Welsh
- Profession: Statesman
David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, OM, PC was a Welsh statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1922. He was the final Liberal to hold the post of prime minister, but his support increasingly came from the Conservatives who finally dropped him.
