For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.
The perfection preached in the gospels never yet built an empire. Every man of action has a strong dose of egotism, pride, hardness, and cunning.
Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.
A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless.
Don’t ask me who’s influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he’s digested, and I’ve been reading all my life.
Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the bitter joy of responsibility.
I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.
Authority doesn’t work without prestige, or prestige without distance.
Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands.
To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.
I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
Gentlemen, I am ready for the questions to my answers.
A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
The leader is always alone before bad fates.
Genius sometimes consists of knowing when to stop.
He who laughs last didn’t get the joke.
The future does not belong to men...
You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.