For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.
Charles De Gaulle Quotations
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In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country of the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.
I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.
The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
In order to become the master the politician poses as the servant.
Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese
How do you govern a country which has 246 different kinds of cheese?
My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.
It will not be any European statesman who will unite Europe Europe will be united by the Chinese.
How can anyone govern a nation that has 246 different kinds of cheese
The perfection preached in the Gospels never yet built up an empire. Every man of action has a strong dose of egotism, pride, hardness, and cunning. But all those things will be forgiven him, indeed, they will be regarded as high qualities, if he can make of them the means to achieve great ends.
In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
I have against me the bourgeois, the military and the diplomats, and for me, only the people who take the Mtro.
How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?
Now I shall return to my village and there will remain at the disposition of the nation.
Deliberation is the function of many, action is the function of one.
Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.
You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then your skin and finally your soul.
The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.
A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.
Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.
Love is the strongest force the world possesses, and yet it is the Greatness of a road leading towards the unknown.
How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over 200 varieties of cheeses
The national task that had been incumbent upon me for 18 years is hereby confirmed.
I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
How can one conceive of a one party system in a country that has over 200 varieties of cheese.
Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.
When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.
What do you take me for, an idiot
Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.
The great leaders have always stage-managed their effects.
Since a politician never believes what he says, he is surprised when others believe him.
To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.