“The cemeteries are full of indispensable men.”

“Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.”

“Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.”

“The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.”

“Soyons fermes, purs et fidèles ; au bout de nos peines, il y a la plus grande gloire du monde, celle des hommes qui n'ont pas cédé. [Let us be firm, pure and faithful; at the end of our sorrow, there is the greatest glory of the world, that of the men who did not give in.]”

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

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