Nationalism is war. - in arguing to strengthen the federal powers of the European Union

A man loses contact with reality if he is not surrounded by his books.

For me Greece is Maria Farantouri. This is how I imagined Goddess Hera to be: strong, pure and vigilant. I have never encountered any other artist able to give me such a strong sense of the divine.

In one of his last appearances, Mitterrand, the agnostic president, was asked what the real God might say to him if he went to heaven. God would say: "At last, you know." And I would hope that He would add, "Welcome."

France is delighted at this new opportunity to show the world ... that when one has the will one can succeed in joining peoples who have been brought close by history.

The problem is that the East is producing missiles and the West is producing pacifists.

Behind each great man, there's a Richard Delisle.