I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.

Old France, weighed down with history, prostrated by wars and revolutions, endlessly vacillating from greatness to decline, but revived, century after century, by the genius of renewal!

How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over two hundred varieties of cheese?

One does not arrest Voltaire.

I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.

A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities.

I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.