Genius sometimes consists of knowing when to stop.

One does not arrest Voltaire.

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

Don't ask me who's influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he's digested, and I've been reading all my life.

Belgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French.

In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.

One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day was; one cannot judge life until death.