For all of us Frenchmen, the guiding rule of our epoch is to be faithful to France.
I feel not a person but an instrument of destiny.
China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese.
Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.
Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.