I might have had trouble saving France in 1946 - I didn't have television then.

Nothing more enhances authority than silence. It is the crowning virtue of the strong, the refuge of the weak, the modesty of the proud, the pride of the humble, the prudence of the wise, and the sense of fools. To speak is to . . . dissipate one's strength; whereas what action demands is concentration. Silence is a necessary preliminary to the ordering of one's thoughts.

I'm not at all embarrassed to be a revolutionary.

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

Don't ask me who's influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he's digested, and I've been reading all my life.

I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.

You'll live. Only the best get killed.