“I saw the crown of France laying on the ground, so I picked it up with my sword.”

Circumstances-what are circumstances? I make circumstances

Courage isn’t having the strength to go on – it is going on when you don’t have strength.

Imagination governs the world.

There are but two powers in the world, the sword and the mind. In the long run the sword is always beaten by the mind

In our time no one has the conception of what is great. It is up to me to show them.

What is the government? Nothing, unless supported by opinion.

Let France have good mothers, and she will have good sons.

A leader is a dealer in hope.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.

Ordinarily men exercise their memory much more than their judgment.

The only victory over love is flight.

I start out by believing the worst

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies

There are so many laws that no one is safe from hanging.

A half-truth is the most cowardly of lies.

No one ever gets tired of loving. But everyone gets tired of waiting, assuming, hearing lies, and hurting.

Everything the State says is a lie, and everything it has it has stolen.

One of the expedients of party to acquire influence, within particular districts, is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts.

Is politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?

What do dogs do on their day off?; Can’t lie around – that’s their job!

It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.

If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.