No nation has friends only interests.

Quote by Charles De Gaulle

Topics: Friends Quotes

I predict you will sink step by step into a bottomless quagmire, however much you...

I predict you will sink step by step into a bottomless quagmire, however much you...

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...

To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.

To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

One does not arrest Voltaire.

One does not arrest Voltaire.

The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.

The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.