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