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

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

One cannot govern with 'buts'.

Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself.

Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.

Whatever happens, the flame of the French resistance must not be extinguished and will not be extinguished. Tomorrow, as today, I will speak on Radio London.

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.