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

There can be no other criterion, no other standard than gold. Yes, gold which never changes, which can be shaped into ingots, bars, coins, which has no nationality and which is eternally and universally accepted as the unalterable fiduciary value par excellence.

Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own.

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

It is not tolerable, it is not possible, that from so much death, so much sacrifice and ruin, so much heroism, a greater and better humanity shall not emerge.

In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.

In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.