The great leaders have always stage-managed their effects.
Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
Old age is a shipwreck.
France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.
The sword is the axis of the world and its power is absolute.
Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.
Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.
Authority doesn't work without prestige, or prestige without distance.
I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
You'll live. Only the best get killed.
In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.
You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.
I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to her errors and vomitings. I cannot prevent the French from being French.