The sentiment of national honor is never more than half extinguished in the French. It takes only a spark to re-kindle it.

We must think and act like a nation of a billion people and not like that of a million people. Dream, dream, dream!

The nation is everything, and serving the people is akin to serving God.

Die young, and I shall accept your death-but not if you have lived without glory, without being useful to your country, without leaving a trace of your existence: for that is not to have lived at all.

A man does not have himself killed for a half pence a day or for a petty distinction. You must speak to the soul in order to electrify the man.

For 2,500 years, India has never invaded anybody.