History is a set of lies agreed upon.

Every French soldier carriers a marshal's baton in his knapsack.

A revolution can be neither made nor stopped. The only thing that can be done is for one of several of its children to give it a direction by dint of victories.

Military despotism represses generous sentiments, priestly tyranny stifles them.

Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we generals.

Europe thus divided into nationalities freely formed and free internally, peace between States would have become easier: the United States of Europe would become a possibility.

I pay attention only to what people do or say. I never pay attention to what they think.