France was built with swords. The fleur-de-lis, symbol of national unity, is only the image of a spear with three pikes.
Why do you think that at 67 I would start a career as a dictator?
Leaders of men are later remembered less for the usefulness of what they have achieved than for the sweep of their endeavors.
Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
Love is the strongest force the world possesses, and yet it is the Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
I might have had trouble saving France in 1946 - I didn't have television then.
I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.
Men can have friends, statesmen cannot.
Every Frenchman wants to enjoy one or more privileges; that's the way he shows his passion for equality
Today we are crushed by the sheer weight of the mechanized forces hurled against us, but we can still look to the future in which even greater mechanized forces will bring us victory. Therein lies the destiny of the world.
Long live Montreal, Long live Quebec! Long live Free Quebec!
One can unite the French only under the threat of danger. One cannot simply bring together a nation that produces 265 kinds of cheese.
Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself.
France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.
One does not arrest Voltaire.
I am not bad, thank you. But don't worry, one of these days I shall certainly die.
It so happens that the world is undergoing a transformation to which no change that has yet occurred can be compared, either in scope or in rapidity.
In the tumult of great events, solitude was what I hoped for. Now it is what I love. How is it possible to be contented with anything else when one has come face to face with history?
Once upon a time there was an old country, wrapped up in habit and caution. We have to transform our old France into a new country and marry it to its time.
These people really aim very badly.
They really are bad shots.
As an adolescent I was convinced that France would have to go through gigantic trials, that the interest of life consisted in one day rendering her some signal service and that I would have the occasion to do so.
Long live free Quebec!
I'm not at all embarrassed to be a revolutionary.
All my life I have had a certain idea of France.
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