Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself.

I cannot prevent the French from being French

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 come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.

Always choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents

Betting against gold is the same as betting on governments. He who bets on governments and government money bets against 6,000 years of recorded human history.

I predict you will sink step by step into a bottomless quagmire, however much you spend in men and money." (On Vietnam War)