These people really aim very badly.

No, I'm not talking about the Russians; I mean the Germans. In spite of everything, to have pushed so far!

A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.

I have against me the bourgeois, the military and the diplomats, and for me, only the people who take the Métro.

You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then your skin and finally your soul.

Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.

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