What do you take me for, an idiot?

War stirs in men's hearts the mud of their worst instincts. It puts a premium on violence, nourishes hatred, and gives free rein to cupidity. It crushes the weak, exalts the unworthy, and bolsters tyranny .. .Time and time again it has destroyed all ordered living, devastated hope, and put the prophets to death.

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.

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

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

Belgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French.

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.