I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.

Once upon a time there was an old country, wrapped up in habit and caution. We have to transform our old France into a new country and marry it to its time.

The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.

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.

France has no friends, only interests.

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

Politics, when it is an art and a service, not an exploitation, is about acting for an ideal through realities.