…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...
Dream no small dreams. They have no power to stir the hearts of men.
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.
The devotion of one man had given strength and courage to all.