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• War! It is too serious a matter to leave to the military -- Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929) -- Quoted in G.
  Suarez, Clemenceau (1886)...
• War! It is too serious a matter to leave to the military.
  [This is the *real* quote!] -- Georges Clemenceau ("The Tiger") (1841-1929)...
• War is much too serious to be left to the generals. -- Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929)
• War is a series of catastrophes that results in a victory -- Georges Clemenceau
• War is a series of disasters which result in a winner. -- Georges Clemenceau
• I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
  -- Charles DeGaulle...
• Not much is permanently serious.
• Homer: All right, Marge, I'll get you your nanny. And to pay for it, I'll give up the Civil War re-creation society I love so much.
  [at Moe's, everyone, including Moe, is dressed like 1800s military generals] Moe...
• Getting married is a serious matter for a girl; not getting married is even more serious.