Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the bitter joy of responsibility.

Love is the strongest force the world possesses, and yet it is the Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.

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

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.

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

Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.

I have against me the bourgeois, the military and the diplomats, and for me, only the people who take the Métro.