…to cause constellations of victories to flash forth at each instant from the zenith of the centuries, to make the French Empire a pendant to the Roman Empire, to be the great nation and to give birth...
Let us not, however, exaggerate our power. Whatever man does, the great lines of creation persist; the supreme mass does not depend on man. He has power over the detail, not over the whole. And it is...
One drop of wine is enough to redden a whole glass of water.
Dream no small dreams. They have no power to stir the hearts of men.
The devotion of one man had given strength and courage to all.