France has no friends, only interests.

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

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.

France cannot be France without greatness.

I feel not a person but an instrument of destiny.

Leaders of men are later remembered less for the usefulness of what they have achieved than for the sweep of their endeavors.

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