The Policies Of All Powers Are Inherent

What Is A Throne? - A Bit Of Wood Gilded And Covered In Velvet. I Am The State- I Alone Am Here The Representative Of The People. Even If I Had Done Wrong You Should Not Have Reproached Me In Public - People Wash Their Dirty Linen At Home. France Has More Need Of Me Than I Of France.

It Is Necessary For The Heart To Feel As For The Body To Be Fed.

In War, Moral Factors Acount For Three Quarters Of The Whole; Relative Material Strength Accounts For Only One Quarter.

The Poor Man Commands Respect; The Beggar Must Always Excite Anger.

I May Have Had Many Projects, But I Never Was Free To Carry Out Any Of Them. It Did Me Little Good To Be Holding The Helm; No Matter How Strong My Hands, The Sudden And Numerous Waves Were Stronger Still, And I Was Wise Enough To Yield To Them Rather Than Resist Them Obstinately And Make The Ship Founder. Thus I Never Was Truly My Own Master But Was Always Ruled By Circumstances.