There is no worse mistake in public leadership than to hold out false hope soon to be swept away.

Nothing is more costly, nothing is more sterile, than vengeance.

I am not sure I should have dared to start; but I am sure that I should not have dared to stop.

Young people at universities study to achieve knowledge and not to learn a trade. We must all learn how to support ourselves, but we must also learn how to live. We need a lot of engineers in the modern world, but we do not want a world of modern engineers.

The Almighty in His infinite wisdom did not see fit to create Frenchmen in the image of Englishmen.

No part of the education of a politician is more indispensable than the fighting of elections.

Victory is only wrested by running risks.