France Has Lost The Battle But She

History Does Not Teach Fatalism. There Are Moments When The Will Of A Handful Of Free Men Breaks Through Determinism And Opens Up New Roads.

How Can Anyone Govern A Nation That Has Two Hundred And Forty-six Different Kinds Of Cheese?

I Have Tried To Lift France Out Of The Mud. But She Will Return To Her Errors And Vomitings. I Cannot Prevent The French From Being French.

It Is Not Tolerable, It Is Not Possible, That From So Much Death, So Much Sacrifice And Ruin, So Much Heroism, A Greater And Better Humanity Shall Not Emerge.

Soyons Fermes, Purs Et Fidèles ; Au Bout De Nos Peines, Il Y A La Plus Grande Gloire Du Monde, Celle Des Hommes Qui N'ont Pas Cédé. [let Us Be Firm, Pure And Faithful; At The End Of Our Sorrow, There Is The Greatest Glory Of The World, That Of The Men Who Did Not Give In.]