French - Leader | November 22, 1890 - November 9, 1970
Never relinquish the initiative.
Charles de Gaulle
InitiativeNeverRelinquish
In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
PoliticsBecomeMasterOrderServant
The great leaders have always stage-managed their effects.
LeadershipGreatAlwaysGreat Leaders
You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then your skin and finally your soul.
SoulHatStartGivingYouSkin
To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.
ChooseAlwaysGovernDisadvantages
When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.
MyselfKnowWantAskFranceThinks
I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.
DecisionMineYourTakenViews
I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
RespectMeCannotOnlyWhoResist
I might have had trouble saving France in 1946 - I didn't have television then.
TelevisionTroubleFranceMightThen
You'll live. Only the best get killed.
LiveBestYouGetOnly
As an adolescent I was convinced that France would have to go through gigantic trials, that the interest of life consisted in one day rendering her some signal service and that I would have the occasion to do so.
LifeServiceDayGoTrialsOne Day
Hearing Mass is the ceremony I most favor during my travels. Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back.
MeChurchSomeoneBackPlaceAnswer
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