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

How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?

War stirs in men's hearts the mud of their worst instincts. It puts a premium on violence, nourishes hatred, and gives free rein to cupidity. It crushes the weak, exalts the unworthy, and bolsters tyranny .. .Time and time again it has destroyed all ordered living, devastated hope, and put the prophets to death.

Betting against gold is the same as betting on governments. He who bets on governments and government money bets against 6,000 years of recorded human history.

China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese.

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

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