Leaders of men are later remembered less for the usefulness of what they have achieved than for the sweep of their endeavors.

France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.

These people really aim very badly.

Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the bitter joy of responsibility.

I have against me the bourgeois, the military and the diplomats, and for me, only the people who take the Métro.

You'll live. Only the best get killed.

For all of us Frenchmen, the guiding rule of our epoch is to be faithful to France.