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

"The only thing that matters is to serve France."

"I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians."

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

"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance, but the illusion of knowledge."