Only peril can bring the French together. One can't impose unity out of the blue on a country that has 265 different kinds of cheese.

Politics, when it is an art and a service, not an exploitation, is about acting for an ideal through realities.

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

Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.

These people really aim very badly.

Old age is a shipwreck.

You'll live. Only the best get killed.