No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent.

One does not arrest Voltaire.

Only peril can bring the French together. One can't impose unity out of the blue on a country that has 265 different kinds of cheese.

Soyons fermes, purs et fidèles ; au bout de nos peines, il y a la plus grande gloire du monde, celle des hommes qui n'ont pas cédé. [Let us be firm, pure and faithful; at the end of our sorrow, there is the greatest glory of the world, that of the men who did not give in.]

Victory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans.

Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.

I am not bad, thank you. But don't worry, one of these days I shall certainly die.