The great leaders have always stage-managed their effects.

Quote by Charles De Gaulle

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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...

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...

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

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

I was France.

One does not arrest Voltaire.

One does not arrest Voltaire.

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...

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...

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

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...

I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken...

I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken...

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...

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...

Every Frenchman wants to enjoy one or more privileges; that's the way he shows his...

Every Frenchman wants to enjoy one or more privileges; that's the way he shows his...

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...

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

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

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

France cannot be France without greatness.

France cannot be France without greatness.

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.

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

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

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.