
École Polytechnique, May 7, 2009
Canal Académie, December 21, 2011
Académie des Sciences Morales
et Politiques, February 28, 2011
"At the end of a 45-year period during which I never left Polytechnique, I will simply tell you, my dear fellows, that I chose very early to believe in Man's freedom and in his partial responsibility towards his destiny, and I oriented my life accordingly."
"Thierry de Montbrial and François d'Orcival, members of the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences, met up on wednesday 21st of December 2011 to discuss what happened this year."
"Think tanks are inherently looking into the future. Therefore, their activity is on the side of prospective and strategy. In English, we say they are policy-oriented."