Quotes from Georges Clemenceau

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.

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

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

It is far easier to make war than peace.

What can a mere French minister do when associated with Lloyd George, who thinks he is Napoleon, and Woodrow Wilson, who thinks he is Jesus Christ?

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

It is easier to make war than to make peace.

Oh, to be seventy again!

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

This time it will be a long one.

The best time of love, is when one goes up the stairs.

All the great pleasures in life are silent.

War is a series of catastrophes that results in victory.

My home policy: I wage war; my foreign policy: I wage war. All the time I wage war.

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

War is a series of disasters which result in a winner.

Il est plus facile de faire la guerre que la paix. It is far easier to make war than to make peace.

Generals cannot be trusted with anything, not even with war.

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.

A man who waits to believe in action before acting is anything you like, but hes not a man of action. It is as if a tennis player before returning a ball stopped to think about his views of the physical and mental advantages of tennis. You must act as you breathe.

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

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

War is too important a matter to be left to the military.

When a man asks himself what is meant by action he proves that he isnt a man of action. Action is a lack of balance. In order to act you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking.