It was a dire alternative for a country to have a choice between tariff reform, which destroyed its industries, and Socialism and Communism, which de… - David Lloyd George

I have come here just to give my view of the task of Liberalism... I put it in one simple sentence, "Fair play for the under dog".

I stand as a Liberal pure and simple... I go for Free Trade pure and simple... If Bonar Law gets a majority we shall have five years of reaction.

Is it unjust that we should, in our economic terms, make it clear that Germany is not to take advantage of wanton destruction of the trade machinery of her rivals in Belgium and in France, in order to get ahead in the competitive race for business? Money does not put that right. You cannot get machinery in a year or, perhaps, two years, and meanwhile Germany, which has never been devastated, would be going a head. We had to put in clauses for protection against that. What injustice is there in that?