11 Quotes & Sayings By Georges Clemenceau

Georges Clemenceau was a French statesman and the Prime Minister of France from 1906 to 1909 and again from 1917 to 1920. He is best remembered for his leadership in the First World War and the unsuccessful military campaign that led to the Treaty of Versailles. A noted orator, he is also noted for having declared: "What we have to do is not to think about the war, but to make it." He later said: "War is too important a matter to be left to military men."

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All the great pleasures in life are silent. Georges Clemenceau
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All that I know I learned after I was thirty. Georges Clemenceau
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War is a series of catastrophes that results in victory. Georges Clemenceau
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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
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There is no passion like that of a functionary for his function. Georges Clemenceau
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War is much too important a matter to be left to the generals. Georges Clemenceau
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War is a series of catastrophes which result in victory. Georges Clemenceau
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It is far easier to make war than peace. Georges Clemenceau
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My home policy: I wage war my foreign policy: I wage war. All the time I wage war. Georges Clemenceau
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I don't know whether war is an interlude during peace, or peace an interlude during war. Georges Clemenceau