Georges Clemenceau
Leader
1841-09-28
Quotes by 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.
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A collective tyrant, spread over the length and breadth of the land, is no more acceptable than a single tyrant ensconced on his throne.
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America is the only nation in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilization.
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My home policy: I wage war; my foreign policy: I wage war. All the time I wage war.
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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.
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A man who has to be convinced to act before he acts is not a man of action... You must act as you breathe.
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War is a series of catastrophes which result in victory.
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