Graham Wallas Quotes
The great society.
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.
Graham Wallas, 1858-1932, English Social Psychologist & Educator, President of the Rationalist Press Association, c. 1908
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Neither Johnson nor his staff coined the Great Society expression. See {589294}.
This appears to have been the earliest political use of the phrase, “Great Society.”
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.
See {641842} for her previous decree on the subject.
- Born: May 31, 1858
- Died: August 9, 1932
- Nationality: British
- Profession:
Graham Wallas was an English socialist, social psychologist, educationalist, a leader of the Fabian Society and a co-founder of the London School of Economics.
