Authority doesn't work without prestige, or prestige without distance.

Quote by Charles De Gaulle

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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.

The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.

In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country of the electorate. I prefer...

In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country of the electorate. I prefer...

Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.

Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.

I always thought I was Jeanne d'Arc and Bonaparte. How little one knows oneself.

I always thought I was Jeanne d'Arc and Bonaparte. How little one knows oneself.

I might have had trouble saving France in 1946-I didn't have television then.

I might have had trouble saving France in 1946-I didn't have television then.

No nation has friends only interests.

No nation has friends only interests.

I have come to the conclusions that politics are too serious a matter to be...

I have come to the conclusions that politics are too serious a matter to be...

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken...

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken...

China is a big country with a lot of chinese people living there

China is a big country with a lot of chinese people living there

I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken...

I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken...

In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.

In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken...

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken...

A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by...

A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by...

As an adolescent I was convinced that France would have to go through gigantic trials,...

As an adolescent I was convinced that France would have to go through gigantic trials,...

You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is...

You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is...

For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.

For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.

The national task that had been incumbent upon me for 18 years is hereby confirmed.

The national task that had been incumbent upon me for 18 years is hereby confirmed.

Our differences are politics. Our agreements are principles.

Our differences are politics. Our agreements are principles.

Where annual elections end, there slavery begins

Where annual elections end, there slavery begins

Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than...

Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than...