France has no friends, only interests.

How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?

Politics, when it is an art and a service, not an exploitation, is about acting for an ideal through realities.

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

Every Frenchman wants to enjoy one or more privileges; that's the way he shows his passion for equality

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

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