Georges Clemenceau Quotes

Georges Clemenceau — French Leader born on September 28, 1841, died on November 24, 1929

Georges Benjamin Clemenceau was a French statesman who led the nation in the First World War. A leader of the Radical Party, he played a central role in politics during the Third Republic. Clemenceau served as the Prime Minister of France from 1906 to 1909, and again from 1917 to 1920. In favour of a total victory over the German Empire, he militated for the restitution of Alsace-Lorraine to France. He was one of the principal architects of the Treaty of Versailles at the France Peace Conference of 1919. Nicknamed "Père la Victoire" or "Le Tigre", he took a harsh position against defeated Germany, though not quite as much as President Poincaré, and won agreement on Germany's payment of large sums for reparations... (wikipedia)

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

Begin to free yourself at once by doing all that is possible with the means you have, and as you proceed in this spirit the way will open for you to do more.

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.

In order to act, you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking.

All that I know I learned after I was thirty.