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

“China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese. ”

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

“A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities.”

“Treaties you see are like girls and roses; they last while they last.”

“Have you ever seen a dictator on a run-off ballot? [Responding to the charges of a dictatorial bent, after being forced into a run-off against the socialist François Mitterrand in the 1965 presidential elections]”

“The cemeteries are full of indispensable men.”