These people really aim very badly.

Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself.

As an adolescent I was convinced that France would have to go through gigantic trials, that the interest of life consisted in one day rendering her some signal service and that I would have the occasion to do so.

History does not teach fatalism. There are moments when the will of a handful of free men breaks through determinism and opens up new roads.

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

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

I am not bad, thank you. But don't worry, one of these days I shall certainly die.