Word: mealymouth
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...career belied him. In 100 years only four other men who had suffered the slings & arrows of a Prime Minister's existence had ever reached such an age.* At 80, Lloyd George, Prime Minister through two years of War I and four beyond, who had never been a mealymouth in his prime, sounded exactly like young Lloyd George. He recalled Admiral Jellicoe ("an obstinate man . . . fundamentally weak, he did not even carry out orders when they were given to him"), Herbert Asquith ("no war minister . . . able, but no man of action"), Foch ("simple, honorable, and absolutely fearless"), Bonar...
...objectors who wanted to substitute more neutral words, up spoke Alfred P. Kelley, Oregon State Commander: "The people don't want some mealymouth stand of appeasement from us. They want straightforward leadership. . . . We are not really neutral. We know that Great Britain must win if we are to preserve our way of living. They are fighting our battle for us. It is up to us to help in every way we can. I have two sons of war age. It is the greatest testimonial of my sincerity that I can offer when I say that I believe the well...
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