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

Quote by Charles De Gaulle

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

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

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...

Never relinquish the initiative.

Never relinquish the initiative.

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...

You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then...

You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then...

When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.

When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.

Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.

Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.

We are not here to laugh.

We are not here to laugh.

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...

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...

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...

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...

The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.

The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.

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...

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,...

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,...

It is not tolerable, it is not possible, that from so much death, so much...

It is not tolerable, it is not possible, that from so much death, so much...

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

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

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...

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.