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

Quote by Charles De Gaulle

Topics: Charles De Gaulle Quotes

Old age is a shipwreck.

Old age is a shipwreck.

Hearing Mass is the ceremony I most favor during my travels. Church is the only...

Hearing Mass is the ceremony I most favor during my travels. Church is the only...

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...

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,...

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...

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.

China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese.

China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese.

When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. We...

When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. We...

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...

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...

How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of...

How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of...

The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.

The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.

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...

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

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

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

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

To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.

To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.

You'll live. Only the best get killed.

You'll live. Only the best get killed.

There's gonna be times when people tell you that you can't live your dreams. This...

There's gonna be times when people tell you that you can't live your dreams. This...

You can't be as old as I am without waking up with a surprised look...

You can't be as old as I am without waking up with a surprised look...

It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you...

It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you...