Once upon a time there was an old country, wrapped up in habit and caution. We have to transform our old France into a new country and marry it to its time.

Difficulty attracts the man of character because it is in embracing it that he realizes himself

They really are bad shots.

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

Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.

One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day was; one cannot judge life until death.

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.