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

Quote by Charles De Gaulle

Topics: Betrayal Quotes, Politics Quotes

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...

No nation has friends only interests.

No nation has friends only interests.

You'll live. Only the best get killed.

You'll live. Only the best get killed.

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

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

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...

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...

To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.

To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.

There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.

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...

The graveyards are full of indispensable men.

The graveyards are full of indispensable men.

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.

Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.

Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.

Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.

Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.

Old age is a shipwreck.

Old age is a shipwreck.

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.

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

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

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...

Death is the veil which those who live call life; They sleep, and it is...

Death is the veil which those who live call life; They sleep, and it is...

Ants and savages put strangers to death.

Ants and savages put strangers to death.