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

Quote by Charles De Gaulle

Topics: Television Quotes

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.

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...

China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese.

China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese.

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

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...

Every Frenchman wants to enjoy one or more privileges; that's the way he shows his...

Every Frenchman wants to enjoy one or more privileges; that's the way he shows his...

The great leaders have always stage-managed their effects.

The great leaders have always stage-managed their effects.

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...

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.

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.

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

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

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

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...

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 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...

You'll live. Only the best get killed.

You'll live. Only the best get killed.

The human soul has still greater need of the ideal than of the real. It...

The human soul has still greater need of the ideal than of the real. It...

The point of living and of being an optimist is to be foolish enough to...

The point of living and of being an optimist is to be foolish enough to...