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

For all of us Frenchmen, the guiding rule of our epoch is to be faithful to France.

Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.

I wouldn't mind dying for France, but not for Air France.

I might have had trouble saving France in 1946 - I didn't have television then.

Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.

Authority doesn't work without prestige, or prestige without distance.