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

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

I was happy to stay off the pace but when I asked him to quicken, he went away.

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.

France has lost a battle. But France has not lost the war! (Proclamation, 18 June 1940)