Georges Clemenceau

A man's life is interesting primarily when he had failed – for it's a sign that he tried to surpass himself.

Not to be a socialist at twenty is proof of want of heart; to be one at thirty is proof of want of head.

War is much too serious a matter to be entrusted to the military.

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

Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.

All the great pleasures of life are silent.

This time it will be a long one.

What is said behind my back is said to my ass.