Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.

We may go to the moon, but that' s not very far. The greatest distance we have to cover still lies within us.

Victory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans.

Soyons fermes, purs et fidèles ; au bout de nos peines, il y a la plus grande gloire du monde, celle des hommes qui n'ont pas cédé. [Let us be firm, pure and faithful; at the end of our sorrow, there is the greatest glory of the world, that of the men who did not give in.]

It's impossible in normal times to rally a nation that has 265 kinds of cheese.

To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.