Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.
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?
It will not be any European statesman who will unite Europe: Europe will be united by the Chinese.
Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.
France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.
I respect only those who resist me but cannot tolerate them.
I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
I was France.
A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless.
The great leaders have always stage-managed their effects.
Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
Always choose the most difficult way, there you will not meet competitors.
It so happens that the world is undergoing a transformation to which no change that has yet occurred can be compared either in scope or in rapidity.
Since a politician never believes what he says he is surprised when others believe him.
Every man of action has a strong dose of egotism pride hardness and cunning. But all those things will be forgiven him indeed they will be regarded as high qualities if he can make them the means...
France has lost a battle. But France has not lost the war
How can you govern a country with two hundred and forty-six varieties of cheese?
Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.