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

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How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of...

How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of...

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...

No nation has friends only interests

No nation has friends only interests

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

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

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

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

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

You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think...

You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think...

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

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

Old age is a shipwreck.

Old age is a shipwreck.

One does not arrest Voltaire.

One does not arrest Voltaire.

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

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

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,...

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.

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...

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.

Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have...

Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have...

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...

To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.

To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.

We have made thee neither of heaven nor of earth, Neither mortal or immortal, So...

We have made thee neither of heaven nor of earth, Neither mortal or immortal, So...

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength and potency to accomplish something....

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength and potency to accomplish something....

Because of our Congressional committee system, our government is closer to a gerontocracy than a...

Because of our Congressional committee system, our government is closer to a gerontocracy than a...

I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics...

I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics...