Since a politician never believes what he says, he is surprised when others believe him.

Quote by Charles De Gaulle

Topics: Belief Quotes, Politicians Quotes

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

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

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 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...

A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by...

A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by...

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.

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

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

One cannot govern with 'buts'.

One cannot govern with 'buts'.

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

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

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...

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,...

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...

We are not here to laugh.

We are not here to laugh.

Old age is a shipwreck.

Old age is a shipwreck.

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

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

Never relinquish the initiative.

Never relinquish the initiative.

I always thought I was Jeanne d'Arc and Bonaparte. How little one knows oneself.

I always thought I was Jeanne d'Arc and Bonaparte. How little one knows oneself.

Old age is a shipwreck.

Old age is a shipwreck.

No nation has friends only interests.

No nation has friends only interests.

I have learned that to have a good friend is the purest of all God's...

I have learned that to have a good friend is the purest of all God's...

True friendship is seen through the heart, not through the eyes.

True friendship is seen through the heart, not through the eyes.