A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless.

Today we are crushed by the sheer weight of the mechanized forces hurled against us, but we can still look to the future in which even greater mechanized forces will bring us victory. Therein lies the destiny of the world.

Don't think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. The cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men.

Whatever happens, the flame of the French resistance must not be extinguished and will not be extinguished. Tomorrow, as today, I will speak on Radio London.

It's impossible in normal times to rally a nation that has 265 kinds of cheese.

You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then your skin and finally your soul.

In the tumult of great events, solitude was what I hoped for. Now it is what I love. How is it possible to be contented with anything else when one has come face to face with history?