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

Quote by Charles De Gaulle

Topics: Charles De Gaulle Quotes

In the tumult of men and events, solitude was my temptation; now it is my...

In the tumult of men and events, solitude was my temptation; now it is my...

You'll live. Only the best get killed.

You'll live. Only the best get killed.

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

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

Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have...

Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have...

China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese.

China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese.

Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in...

Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in...

The graveyards are full of indispensable men.

The graveyards are full of indispensable men.

You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then...

You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then...

Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.

Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.

Never relinquish the initiative.

Never relinquish the initiative.

The great leaders have always stage-managed their effects.

The great leaders have always stage-managed their effects.

I predict you will sink step by step into a bottomless quagmire, however much you...

I predict you will sink step by step into a bottomless quagmire, however much you...

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...

No nation has friends only interests.

No nation has friends only interests.

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...

Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.

Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.

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

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

Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if...

Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if...

Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own...

Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own...

You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think...

You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think...