I might have had trouble saving France in 1946 - I didn't have television then.

Quote by Charles De Gaulle

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

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

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

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

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.

In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer...

In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer...

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...

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is surprised when others believe him.

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is surprised when others believe him.

Never relinquish the initiative.

Never relinquish the initiative.

In the tumult of men and events, solitude was my temptation; now it is my...

In the tumult of men and events, solitude was my temptation; now it is my...

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

I have against me the bourgeois, the military and the diplomats, and for me, only...

I have against me the bourgeois, the military and the diplomats, and for me, only...

No nation has friends only interests

No nation has friends only interests

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

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

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

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

France cannot be France without greatness.

France cannot be France without greatness.

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...

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...

A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and...

A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and...

At every crisis in one's life, it is absolute salvation to have some sympathetic friend...

At every crisis in one's life, it is absolute salvation to have some sympathetic friend...