Georges-Clemenceau Quotes

“A mans life is interesting primarily when he has failed. I well know. For its a sign that he tried to surpass himself.”

— Georges-Clemenceau

“America is the only nation in history which, miraculously, has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilisation.”

— Georges-Clemenceau

“War is much too serious a matter to be entrusted to the military.”

— Georges-Clemenceau

War is too important to be left to the generals

— Georges-Clemenceau

“Everything I know I learned after I was thirty.”

— Georges-Clemenceau

“Fourteen Points? The Good Lord only gave us Ten, and do we abide by those?”

— Georges-Clemenceau

“War is a series of catastrophes that results in a victory.”

— Georges-Clemenceau

“War is too serious a matter to entrust to military men.”

— Georges-Clemenceau

“All that I know I learned after I was thirty.”

— Georges-Clemenceau

“Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.”

— Georges-Clemenceau

“America is the only civilization in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilization”

— Georges-Clemenceau

“I don't know whether war is an interlude during peace, or peace an interlude during war.”

— Georges-Clemenceau