“How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?”

“I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.”

“Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.”

“Soyons fermes, purs et fidles ; au bout de nos peines, il y a la plus grande gloire du monde, celle des hommes qui n'ont pas cd. [Let us be firm, pure and faithful; at the end of our sorrow, there ...”

“Always choose the most difficult way, there you will not meet competitors.”

“France has lost a battle. But France has not lost the war”

“Maybe if we stopped trying to achieve movie standards of greatness, we'd be happy with what we have.”

“Eh, brother, but nature has to be corrected and guided, otherwise we'd all drown in prejudices. Without that there wouldn't be even a single great man.”

“You were born with potential. You were born with goodness and trust. You were born with ideals and dreams. You were born with greatness. You were born with wings. You are not meant for crawling, so...”