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Quotes by Georges Clemenceau

  • America is the only nation in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilization.
  • A man's life is interesting primarily when he has failed --I well know. For it is a sign that he has tried to surpass himself.
  • War is a series of catastrophes that results in a victory.
  • There is no passion like that of a functionary for his function.
  • War is much too serious a matter to be entrusted to the military.