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 PompidouThere are three ways to spoil a public man: women, gambling, and listening to experts. The first is the pleasantest, the second is the fastest, but the third is the most certain.
Georges PompidouYour city is remarkable not only for its beauty. It is also, of all the cities in the United States, the one whose name, the world over, conjures up the most visions and more than any other, incites one to dream.
Georges Pompidou