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

"Patriotism is when you love your country. Nationalism is when you hate every other country."

"Man's true nature is to be a beast."

"I am not a man of the left, nor a man of the right. I am a man of France."

"Why do you think that at 67 I would start a career as a dictator?"