The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines.

What do you take me for, an idiot?

Always choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents

The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.

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.

Never relinquish the initiative.