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

I always thought I was Jeanne d'Arc and Bonaparte. How little one knows oneself.

In war, the policy of least exertion always risks being paid for dearly.

Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the bitter joy of responsibility.

Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.

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

France cannot be France without greatness.