To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.

Quote by Charles De Gaulle

Topics: Choice Quotes, Government Quotes, Politics Quotes

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...

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.

The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.

The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.

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

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

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...

No nation has friends only interests

No nation has friends only interests

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...

France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.

France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.

How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of...

How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of...

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

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

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...

France cannot be France without greatness.

France cannot be France without greatness.

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...

To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.

To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.

Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.

Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.

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

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

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.

Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today

Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today

Is a dream a lie if it don't come true, or is it something worse?

Is a dream a lie if it don't come true, or is it something worse?