As an adolescent I was convinced that France would have to go through gigantic trials, that the interest of life consisted in one day rendering her some signal service and that I would have the occasion to do so.

Love is the strongest force the world possesses, and yet it is the Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.

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.

You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.

History does not teach fatalism. There are moments when the will of a handful of free men breaks through determinism and opens up new roads.

The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.

I am not bad, thank you. But don't worry, one of these days I shall certainly die.