Georges Clemenceau Famous Quotes
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.
Georges Clemenceau Quotations
"Who would've thought such a slight tilt in our earthly axis could make such a big difference in our lives The big wheel keeps on turning and here we are again, looking in the sweet face of darkness."
Geoffrey Neighor
"Man can acquire accomplishments or he can become an animal, whichever he wants. God makes the animals, man makes himself."
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
"Whatever you are, be a good one."
Abraham Lincoln
What government is the best That which teaches us to govern ourselves.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
It's amazing what one can do when one doesn't know what one can't do.
Jim Davis
"Life can only be understood backward, but it must be lived forward."
Sren Aaby Kierkegaard
"Where there is no belief in the soul, there is very little drama . . . . Either one is serious about salvation or one is not. And it is well to realize that the maximum amount of seriousness admits the maximum amount of comedy. Only if we are secure in our beliefs can we see the comical side of the universe."
Flannery O Connor
Time eases all things.
Sophocles
You can't make up anything anymore. The world itself is a satire. All you're doing is recording it.
Art Buchwald
"Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude."
Alexis Charles Henri Clrel de Tocqueville