Every Frenchman wants to enjoy one or more privileges; that's the way he shows his passion for equality

Gentlemen, I am ready for the questions to my answers.

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.

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

In the tumult of great events, solitude was what I hoped for. Now it is what I love. How is it possible to be contented with anything else when one has come face to face with history?

For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.

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