Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.

In war, the policy of least exertion always risks being paid for dearly.

I have against me the bourgeois, the military and the diplomats, and for me, only the people who take the Métro.

You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.

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

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.

I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.