A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.

The Jews remain what they have been at all times: an elite people, self-confident and domineering.

Old France, weighed down with history, prostrated by wars and revolutions, endlessly vacillating from greatness to decline, but revived, century after century, by the genius of renewal!

In war, the policy of least exertion always risks being paid for dearly.

War stirs in men's hearts the mud of their worst instincts. It puts a premium on violence, nourishes hatred, and gives free rein to cupidity. It crushes the weak, exalts the unworthy, and bolsters tyranny .. .Time and time again it has destroyed all ordered living, devastated hope, and put the prophets to death.

It's impossible in normal times to rally a nation that has 265 kinds of cheese.

You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.