Authority doesn't work without prestige, or prestige without distance.

A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities.

How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?

France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.

These people really aim very badly.

The perfection preached in the gospels never yet built an empire. Every man of action has a strong dose of egotism, pride, hardness, and cunning.

It's better to have a bad plan then no plan at all.