History does not teach fatalism. There are moments when the will of a handful of free men breaks through determinism and opens up new roads.
I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
France cannot be France without greatness.
Don't ask me who's influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he's digested, and I've been reading all my life.
When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.
The perfection preached in the gospels never yet built an empire. Every man of action has a strong dose of egotism, pride, hardness, and cunning.