TuesdayJun 09, 2026
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What do you take me for, an idiot?
The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
Old age is a shipwreck.
Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own.
Long live Quebec! Long live free Quebec!
Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the bitter joy of responsibility.
The man of character finds an especial attractiveness in difficulty since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities.
You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.
When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. So we were often angry at each other.
China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese.
Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.
It will not be any European statesman who will unite Europe: Europe will be united by the Chinese.
For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.
A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.
I have come to the conclusion that politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over 200 varieties of cheeses?
In order to become the master the politician poses as the servant.
Since a politician never believes what he says, he is surprised when others believe him.
I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
Nothing more enhances authority than silence. It is the crowning virtue of the strong, the refuge of the weak, the modesty of the proud, the pride of the humble, the prudence of the wise, and the sense of fools. To speak is to ... dissipate one's strength; whereas what action demands is concentration. Silence is a necessary preliminary to the ordering of one's thoughts.
I have against me the bourgeois, the military and the diplomats, and for me, only the people who take the Métro.
How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?
To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.
When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.
In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country of the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.
Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.
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