The perfection preached in the gospels never yet built an empire. Every man of action has a strong dose of egotism, pride, hardness, and cunning.

Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the bitter joy of responsibility.

I predict you will sink step by step into a bottomless quagmire, however much you spend in men and money." (On Vietnam War)

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

Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.

How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over two hundred varieties of cheese?

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