Today is the birthday of Georges Benjamin Clemenceau (September 28, 1841 – November 24, 1929), statesman, physician, and journalist."It is far easier to make war than peace."
- Georges Clemenceau
"All the great pleasures in life are silent."
- Georges Clemenceau
"When a man asks himself what is meant by action he proves that he isn't a man of action. Action is a lack of balance. In order to act you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking."
- Georges Clemenceau
"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."
- Georges Clemenceau
"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."
- Georges Clemenceau
*Trivia bit: On January 13, 1898 Georges Clemenceau, as owner and editor of the Paris daily L'Aurore, published Émile Zola's "J'accuse" on the front page of his paper. He decided that the controversial story that would become a famous part of the Dreyfus Affair would be in the form of an open letter to the President, Félix Faure. In all, Georges Clemenceau published 665 articles defending Captain Alfred Dreyfus during the affair. He published his Dreyfusard articles in five volumes.
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