I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.

Quote by Charles De Gaulle

Topics: Politicians Quotes, Politics Quotes

Old age is a shipwreck.

Old age is a shipwreck.

One does not arrest Voltaire.

One does not arrest Voltaire.

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...

The great leaders have always stage-managed their effects.

The great leaders have always stage-managed their effects.

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...

The sword is the axis of the world and its power is absolute.

The sword is the axis of the world and its power is absolute.

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...

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,...

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...

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...

France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.

France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.

For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.

For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.

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...

Never relinquish the initiative.

Never relinquish the initiative.

Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.

Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.

I always thought I was Jeanne d'Arc and Bonaparte. How little one knows oneself.

I always thought I was Jeanne d'Arc and Bonaparte. How little one knows oneself.

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

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

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

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

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...

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...