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

I wouldn't mind dying for France, but not for Air France.

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

One does not arrest Voltaire.

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

Politics, when it is an art and a service, not an exploitation, is about acting for an ideal through realities.

In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.