I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.

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

You'll live. Only the best get killed.

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

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.

It is not tolerable, it is not possible, that from so much death, so much sacrifice and ruin, so much heroism, a greater and better humanity shall not emerge.

Old age is a shipwreck.

The great leaders have always stage-managed their effects.

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

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

Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

I was France.

In the tumult of men and events, solitude was my temptation; now it is my friend. What other satisfaction can be sought once you have confronted History?

Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.

How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?

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

The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.