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

"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

"I am a man of the past, but I am also a man of the future."

"The future is a blank page, and we must write on it."

"I have never ceased to believe that France is not truly herself unless she is in the front rank."