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

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.

To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.

To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.

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...

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

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

Old age is a shipwreck.

Old age is a shipwreck.

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...

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.

We are not here to laugh.

We are not here to laugh.

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.

I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.

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.

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...

The great leaders have always stage-managed their effects.

The great leaders have always stage-managed their effects.

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 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.

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...

No nation has friends only interests.

No nation has friends only interests.

It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they...

It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they...

The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion,...

The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion,...