When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. We are angry at each other much of the time.

The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.

To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.

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.

Victory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans.

Nothing more enhances authority than silence. It is the crowning virtue of the strong, the refuge of the weak, the modesty of the proud, the pride of the humble, the prudence of the wise, and the sense of fools. To speak is to . . . dissipate one's strength; whereas what action demands is concentration. Silence is a necessary preliminary to the ordering of one's thoughts.

We may go to the moon, but that' s not very far. The greatest distance we have to cover still lies within us.