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

Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.

Yes, it is Europe, from the Atlantic to the Urals, it is Europe, it is the whole of Europe, that will decide the fate of the world.

Love is the strongest force the world possesses, and yet it is the Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.

I might have had trouble saving France in 1946 - I didn't have television then.

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.

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