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