David Lloyd George Quotes

The most practical kind of politics is the politics of decency.

In things a moderation keep; Kings ought to shear, not skin, their sheep.

In order to be respected, authority has got to be respectable.

Ethics are a key issue, and they're a key issue on the Democratic side, and all people have to be held to high standards.

It's my job as governor to set a vision.

I will make a general statement that we have not had anything like the policy of holding people in high office responsible for their acts that I think we should.

The citizens of America expect more. They deserve and they want more than a recital of problems.

Politicians have to be committed to people in equal measures.

The best way for someone to govern is to set an example.

Democracy, despite its limitations, is in the end the only way to ensure that policies do not simply benefit the privileged few.

Yes, I'm your governor now. I'll take care of you.

Leaders are responsible not for running public opinion polls but for the consequences of their actions.

It is the part of a good shepherd to shear his flock, not to skin it.

He can't spend all his time running his mouth; he's got to run the country.

To govern is to chose.

It is helpful to keep in mind that the right we claim for ourselves can be asserted by others.

If all men were just, there still would be some, though not so much, need of government.

The job of the politician isn’t to tell you what you want to hear, but to tell you what needs to be done.

He made you king to do justice and righteousness.

We’ve taken care not to penalize the wealthy but we have to redistribute some income …It is through reform that we can obtain fairness in the modern world…A reformed welfare state is the only way to obtain social justice.

My responsibilities as the governor are more than my neighbor’s and my family.

The tax program is based upon a broad and just social and economic purpose ... not to destroy wealth, but to create a broader range of opportunity, to restrain the growth of unwholesome and sterile accumulations.

I would rather have a Scot come from Scotland to govern the people of this kingdom well and justly than that you should govern them ill in the sight of all the world

Everyone carries a part of society on his shoulders; no one is relieved of his share of responsibility …

He who is unfit to serve his fellow citizens wants to rule them.