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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No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent.

No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.

When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.

The graveyards are full of indispensable men.

The graveyards are full of indispensable men.

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

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

One cannot govern with 'buts'.

One cannot govern with 'buts'.

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

You'll live. Only the best get killed.

You'll live. Only the best get killed.

Never relinquish the initiative.

Never relinquish the initiative.

The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the...

The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the...

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.

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...

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

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

Coffee which makes the politician wise, and see through all things with his half-shut eyes

Coffee which makes the politician wise, and see through all things with his half-shut eyes

When I'm not a politician, I'll be dead.

When I'm not a politician, I'll be dead.