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

In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.

Don't think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. The cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men.

How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?

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

In the tumult of great events, solitude was what I hoped for. Now it is what I love. How is it possible to be contented with anything else when one has come face to face with history?

Every Frenchman wants to enjoy one or more privileges; that's the way he shows his passion for equality