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

Quote by Charles De Gaulle

Topics: Authority Quotes

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...

Old age is a shipwreck.

Old age is a shipwreck.

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.

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.

Never relinquish the initiative.

Never relinquish the initiative.

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

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

France cannot be France without greatness.

France cannot be France without greatness.

To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.

To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.

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...

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...

The graveyards are full of indispensable men.

The graveyards are full of indispensable men.

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...

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...

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...

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...

No nation has friends only interests

No nation has friends only interests

No nation has friends only interests.

No nation has friends only interests.

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

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

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...

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...