Georges Clemenceau Quotes

France, Politician
September 28, 1841 – November, 24, 1929.

Georges Eugène Benjamin Clemenceau was a French statesman who served as Prime Minister of France during World War I. A leading figure of the Independent Radicals, he played a central role in the politics of the Third Republic.

All the great pleasures of life are silent.

Georges Clemenceau
- Life
- Silent
- Pleasures
The best time of love, is when one goes up the stairs.

Georges Clemenceau
- Time
- Love
- Stairs

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

Georges Clemenceau
- War
- Peace
- Interlude
My home policy: I wage war; my foreign policy: I wage war. All the time I wage war.

Georges Clemenceau
- War
- Policy
- Wage
War is a series of disasters which result in a winner.

Georges Clemenceau
- War
- Winner
- Disasters
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
- Life
- Failed
- Surpass
What is said behind my back is said to my ass.

Georges Clemenceau
- Said
- Back
- Ass
A man who has to be convinced to act before he acts is not a man of action. You must act as you breathe.

Georges Clemenceau
- Action
- Breathe
- Convinced

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

Georges Clemenceau
Liberty is the right to discipline ourselves in order not to be disciplined by others.

Georges Clemenceau
- Discipline
- Liberty
- Order
In order to act, you must be somewhat insane .A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking.

Georges Clemenceau
- Thinking
- Act
- Insane