Quotes by David George

• He has sat on the fence so long that the iron has entered his soul.
• With me a change of trouble is as good as a vacation.
• What do you want to be a sailor for? There are greater storms in politics than you will ever find at sea. Piracy, broadsides, blood on the decks. You will find them all in politics.
• We are muddled into war.
• There is nothing so fatal to character as half finished tasks.
• The most dangerous thing in the world is to try to leap a chasm in two jumps.
• The finest eloquence is that which gets things done.
• Once blood is shed in a national quarrel reason and right are swept aside by the rage of angry men.
• A politician is a person with whose politics you don't agree; if you agree with him he's a statesman.
• Liberty has restraints but no frontiers.
• Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
• Diplomats were invented simply to waste time.
• A young man who isn't a socialist hasn't got a heart; an old man who is a socialist hasn't got a head.
• You cannot feed the hungry on statistics.
• Liberty is not merely a privilege to be conferred; it is a habit to be acquired.
• What is our task? To make Britain a fit country for heroes to live in.