France cannot be France without greatness.

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

These people really aim very badly.

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

Whereas ordinary officers must be content with behaving correctly in front of their men, the great leaders have always carefully stage-managed their effects.

We may go to the moon, but that' s not very far. The greatest distance we have to cover still lies within us.

When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.