France has lost a battle. But France has not lost — Charles de Gaulle

My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial. A state worthy of the name has no friends—only interests. Comment voulez-vous gouverner un pays qui a deux cent quarante-six variétés de fromage? In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country of the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.

The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few. David Hume The nice thing about being a celebrity is that when you bore people, they think it's their fault. Henry Kissinger A hungry man is not a free man. Adlai Stevenson