A statesman is a politician who places himself at the service of the nation. A politician is a statesman who places the nation at his service.
Georges PompidouThe rest of the world cannot be expected to regulate its life by a clock which is always slow.
Georges PompidouThere are three roads to ruin; women, gambling and technicians. The most pleasant is with women, the quickest is with gambling, but the surest is with technicians.
Georges Pompidou