Quote#Freedom
As our fathers had freed our trade there was another work to…
Quote byDavid Lloyd George · 1863–1945
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Early political career, Speech in the Plait Hall, Luton (12 October 1904), quoted in The Times (13 October 1904), p. 9.
English (original)
As our fathers had freed our trade there was another work to accomplish. This was to free the land from the chains of feudalism, the schools from the dominion of the priest, and the people from the deadly grip of drink.
— David Lloyd George
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