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We are offering Ireland not subjection but equality, not servitude…

Quote byDavid Lloyd George · 1863–1945

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Prime Minister, Speech at the Guildhall, London (9 November 1920), quoted in The Times (10 November 1920), p. 8.

English (original)

We are offering Ireland not subjection but equality, not servitude but partnership—an honourable partnership, a partnership in the greatest Empire in the world—a partnership in that Empire in the greatest day of its glory.

— David Lloyd George

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