» Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
» Every man of action has a strong dose of egoism, pride, hardness, and cunning. But all those things will be regarded as high qualities if he can make them the means to achieve great ends.
» 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.
» Old age is a shipwreck.
» When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. So we were often angry at each other.
» Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.
» France has lost a battle. But France has not lost the war.
» Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back.
» Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.
» Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains, they drown in every drop.