Politics, when it is an art and a service, not an exploitation, is about acting for an ideal through realities. - Charles de Gaulle

Le caractère, vertu des temps difficiles.

France was built with swords. The fleur-de-lis, symbol of national unity, is only the image of a spear with three pikes.

[T]his treaty [the Treaty of Rome<nowiki>]</nowiki>, which was precise and complete enough concerning industry, was not at all so on the subject of agriculture, and for our country this had to be settled. Indeed, it is obvious that agriculture is an essential element in our national activity as a whole. We cannot conceive of a Common Market in which French agriculture would not find outlets in keeping with its production. And we agree further that, of the Six, we are the country on which this necessity is imposed in the most imperative manner.