You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then your skin and finally your soul.

A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities.

I have against me the bourgeois, the military and the diplomats, and for me, only the people who take the Métro.

The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines.

You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.

Whatever happens, the flame of the French resistance must not be extinguished and will not be extinguished. Tomorrow, as today, I will speak on Radio London.

One cannot govern with 'buts'.