The world is becoming like a lunatic asylum run by lunatics.

David Lloyd George

Quoted in Observer

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Topic

Decline of civilization The world Decline

Speaker

David Lloyd George

Source

Observer

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1933 1930s 20th century

Occupation

National leader Politician

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

George, David Lloyd. The Observer. 8 Jan. 1933.

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Topic
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