Since a politician never believes what he says, he is surprised when others believe him.

What do you take me for, an idiot? [when asked if he was happy]

I was not surprised when he told me. And he was smiling when he got that position.

When anybody believes that he or she somehow knows the mind of God and knows what God wants for them and for everybody else, then you have the potential for catastrophe because ... they can justify anything. It's not what I'm doing; it's what God wants me to do.

I have against me the bourgeois, the military and the diplomats, and for me, only the people who take the Metro.

You'll live. Only the best get killed.