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

Quote by Charles De Gaulle

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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...

We are not here to laugh.

We are not here to laugh.

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...

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

Never relinquish the initiative.

Never relinquish the initiative.

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.

To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.

Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.

Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.

No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent.

No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent.

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.

One does not arrest Voltaire.

One does not arrest Voltaire.