Belgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French.
Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.
I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines.
It is not tolerable, it is not possible, that from so much death, so much sacrifice and ruin, so much heroism, a greater and better humanity shall not emerge.