Soyons fermes, purs et fidèles ; au bout de nos peines, il y a la plus grande gloire du monde, celle des hommes qui n'ont pas cédé. [Let us be firm, pure and faithful; at the end of our sorrow, there is the greatest glory of the world, that of the men who did not give in.]

I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to her errors and vomitings. I cannot prevent the French from being French.

The Jews remain what they have been at all times: an elite people, self-confident and domineering.

I predict you will sink step by step into a bottomless quagmire, however much you spend in men and money." (On Vietnam War)

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

Love is the strongest force the world possesses, and yet it is the Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.

One cannot govern with 'buts'.