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

Quote by Charles De Gaulle

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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...

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

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

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

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

How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over two...

How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over two...

Don't ask me who's influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he's...

Don't ask me who's influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he's...

France cannot be France without greatness.

France cannot be France without greatness.

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...

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

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

Old age is a shipwreck.

Old age is a shipwreck.

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...

When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.

When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.

I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.

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...

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...

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...