Response to the Conservative Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin's policy of protectionism; statement in Southampton upon his return from the United States (9 November 1923), quoted in The Times (10 November 1923), p. 8
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I think it is an insult to the intelligence of the nation to feed starving industries with the mildewed straw of last century, out of which, so far as I can see, every grain of statesmanship has been beaten.
— David Lloyd George
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About David Lloyd George
David Lloyd George (17 January 1863 – 26 March 1945) was a British politician, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1922.
About David Lloyd George
David Lloyd George (17 January 1863 – 26 March 1945) was a British politician, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1922.
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