One does not arrest Voltaire.

Quote by Charles De Gaulle

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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...

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

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

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...

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.

To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.

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

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

A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot...

A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot...

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...

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

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

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to...

I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to...

Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people...

Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people...

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...

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

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

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

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

I have come to the conclusions that politics are too serious a matter to be...

I have come to the conclusions that politics are too serious a matter to be...

China is a big country with a lot of chinese people living there

China is a big country with a lot of chinese people living there

Passion, it lies in all of us, sleeping... waiting... and though unwanted... unbidden... it will...

Passion, it lies in all of us, sleeping... waiting... and though unwanted... unbidden... it will...

Every time you date someone with an issue that you have to work to ignore,...

Every time you date someone with an issue that you have to work to ignore,...

One's sister is part of one's essential self, an eternal presence of one's heart, soul...

One's sister is part of one's essential self, an eternal presence of one's heart, soul...