Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.

How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?

I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.

France has lost a battle. But France has not lost the war

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

Soyons fermes, purs et fidèles ; au bout de nos peines, il y a la plus grande gloire du monde, celle des hommes qui n’ont pas cédé. [Let us be firm, pure and faithful; at...

A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities.

The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.

The graveyards are full of indispensable men.

Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.