Hearing Mass is the ceremony I most favor during my travels. Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back.

Quote by Charles De Gaulle

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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...

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.

There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.

There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.

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...

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.

How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over two...

How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over two...

Only peril can bring the French together. One can't impose unity out of the blue...

Only peril can bring the French together. One can't impose unity out of the blue...

Treaties, you see, are like girls and roses; they last while they last.

Treaties, you see, are like girls and roses; they last while they last.

It is not tolerable, it is not possible, that from so much death, so much...

It is not tolerable, it is not possible, that from so much death, so much...

France cannot be France without greatness.

France cannot be France without greatness.

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...

A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.

A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.

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.

One does not arrest Voltaire.

One does not arrest Voltaire.

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...

I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.

I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.

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

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

The graveyards are full of indispensable men.

The graveyards are full of indispensable men.

I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to...

I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to...

I have against me the bourgeois, the military and the diplomats, and for me, only...

I have against me the bourgeois, the military and the diplomats, and for me, only...