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

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...

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...

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

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

Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown

Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown

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.

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

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

To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.

To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.

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...

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...

For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.

For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.

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...

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...

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...

Old age is a shipwreck.

Old age is a shipwreck.

In the tumult of men and events, solitude was my temptation; now it is my...

In the tumult of men and events, solitude was my temptation; now it is my...

Authority doesn't work without prestige, or prestige without distance.

Authority doesn't work without prestige, or prestige without distance.

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.

They used us as an excuse to go mad and then blamed it on us....

They used us as an excuse to go mad and then blamed it on us....

To be alive at all involves some risk.

To be alive at all involves some risk.