When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.

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

Hearing Mass is the ceremony I most favor during my travels. Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back.

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.

Yes, it is Europe, from the Atlantic to the Urals, it is Europe, it is the whole of Europe, that will decide the fate of the world.

Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.