In the tumult of men and events, solitude was my temptation; now it is my friend. What other satisfaction can be sought once you have confronted History?

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 am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. We are angry at each other much of the time.

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

A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.

I always thought I was Jeanne d'Arc and Bonaparte. How little one knows oneself.

Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.