The great leaders have always stage-managed their effects.

Quote by Charles De Gaulle

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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...

You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think...

You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think...

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

One cannot govern with 'buts'.

One cannot govern with 'buts'.

Old age is a shipwreck.

Old age is a shipwreck.

We are not here to laugh.

We are not here to laugh.

You'll live. Only the best get killed.

You'll live. Only the best get killed.

A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.

A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.

The graveyards are full of indispensable men.

The graveyards are full of indispensable men.

The sword is the axis of the world and its power is absolute.

The sword is the axis of the world and its power is absolute.

I might have had trouble saving France in 1946-I didn't have television then.

I might have had trouble saving France in 1946-I didn't have television then.

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...

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

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

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

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

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

Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.

Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.

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.

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...

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...