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

Quote by Charles De Gaulle

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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people...

Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people...

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.

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

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

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...

Every Frenchman wants to enjoy one or more privileges; that's the way he shows his...

Every Frenchman wants to enjoy one or more privileges; that's the way he shows his...

Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people...

Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

Old age is a shipwreck.

Old age is a shipwreck.

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

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

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

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

Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown

Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown

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...

If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his...

If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his...

Jim Bakker spells his name with two k's because three would be too obvious.

Jim Bakker spells his name with two k's because three would be too obvious.