"The true statesman is the one who is able to see what is coming and to prepare for it."

"The true leader is one who is never afraid to stand alone."

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

"There are some things that cannot be done with a majority, only with a minority."

"History is full of men who have tried to change the world, and most of them have failed."