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Georges Clemenceau
French
Leader
About the author
I don't know whether war is an interlude during peace, or peace an interlude during war.
Georges Clemenceau,
French
Leader
#War
#Peace
A collective tyrant, spread over the length and breadth of the land, is no more acceptable than a single tyrant ensconced on his throne.
Georges Clemenceau,
French
Leader
#Land
War is too serious a matter to entrust to military men.
Georges Clemenceau,
French
Leader
#War
#Men
#Military
War is a series of catastrophes that results in a victory.
Georges Clemenceau,
French
Leader
#War
#Results
#Catastrophes
#Victory
My home policy: I wage war; my foreign policy: I wage war. All the time I wage war.
Georges Clemenceau,
French
Leader
#Time
#Home
#War
#Wage
In order to act, you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking.
Georges Clemenceau,
French
Leader
#Thinking
#Man
#Act
#Order
Everything I know I learned after I was thirty.
Georges Clemenceau,
French
Leader
Begin to free yourself at once by doing all that is possible with the means you have, and as you proceed in this spirit the way will open for you to do more.
Georges Clemenceau,
French
Leader
#Will
#Spirit
#Open
America is the only nation in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilization.
Georges Clemenceau,
French
Leader
#Civilization
#History
#America
#Nation
All that I know I learned after I was thirty.
Georges Clemenceau,
French
Leader
A man's life is interesting primarily when he has failed - I well know. For it's a sign that he tried to surpass himself.
Georges Clemenceau,
French
Leader
#Life
#Man
A man who waits to believe in action before acting is anything you like, but he's not a man of action. You must act as you breathe.
Georges Clemenceau,
French
Leader
#Action
#Acting
#Man
It is far easier to make war than peace.
Georges Clemenceau,
French
Leader
#War
#Peace