Charles de Gaulle ( 10 of 16 )
Every man of action has a strong dose of egotism, pride, hardness, and cunning. But all those things will be read more
Every man of action has a strong dose of egotism, pride, hardness, and cunning. But all those things will be forgiven him, indeed, they will be regarded as high qualities, if he can make them the means to achieve great ends.
When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. So we were often angry at read more
When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. So we were often angry at each other. -Charles De Gaulle.
The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.
The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.
The church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back.
The church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back.
Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be read more
Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.
How can you be expected to govern a country that has 246 kinds of cheese?
How can you be expected to govern a country that has 246 kinds of cheese?
A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his read more
A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless.
Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes read more
Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.
No nation has friends only interests
No nation has friends only interests
