It is easier to make war than to make peace.

Il est plus facile de faire la guerre que la paix.

Georges Clemenceau

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Topic

War and peace War Peace

Speaker

Georges Clemenceau

Source

Speech on Peace

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

French

Time

1919 1910s 20th century

Occupation

National leader Politician

From

France Europe

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Citation

Clemenceau, Georges. "Discours de Paix [Speech on Peace]." 20 July 1919, Verdun, France.

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God at bottom is nothing but an exalted father.

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Carthage must be destroyed.

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Cato the Elder

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Plutarch
Source
Plutarch's Lives
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Statement Type
Declaration
Language
Latin
Time
149 BC 140s BC 2nd century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

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The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; but that is the way to bet.

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Author

Hugh Keough
Language
English
Time
1919 1910s 20th century
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Citation

Keough, Hugh. Quoted in Collier's. Feb. 1919.

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For of those to whom much is given, much is required.

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John F. Kennedy
Source
City Upon a Hill (Speech)
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1961 1960s 20th century
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Kennedy, John F. Address to a Joint Convention of the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 9 Jan. 1961, The State House, Boston, MA, USA.

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Thus not only does democracy make every man forget his ancestors, but it hides his descendants and separates his contemporaries from him; it throws him back forever upon himself alone and threatens in the end to confine him entirely within the solitude of his own heart.

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Democracy in America

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Alexis de Tocqueville
Source
Democracy in America
Genre
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Language
French
Time
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Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Tocqueville, Alexis De. De La Democratie en Amerique [Democracy in America]. Vol. 2, London: Saunders and Otley, 1840, sect. 2, ch. 2.

Current Citation

Tocqueville, Alexis De. Democracy in America: The Complete and Unabridged Volumes I and II, translated by Henry Reeve. Bantam Classics, 2000, vol. 2, sect. 2, ch. 2.