Now I shall return to my village and there will remain at the disposition of the nation.

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

My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.

The great leaders have always stage-managed their effects.

In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country of the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.

You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.

A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.

The national task that had been incumbent upon me for 18 years is hereby confirmed.

I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.

I have against me the bourgeois, the military and the diplomats, and for me, only the people who take the Metro.