I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to her errors and vomitings. I cannot prevent the French from being French.

Genius sometimes consists of knowing when to stop.

I wouldn't mind dying for France, but not for Air France.

France has no friends, only interests.

Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.

How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?

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