Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
Once upon a time there was an old country, wrapped up in habit and caution. We have to transform our old France into a new country and marry it to its time.
How can you be expected to govern a country that has 246 kinds of cheese
Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.
My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.
You'll live. Only the best get killed.
I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
Only peril can bring the French together. One can't impose unity out of the blue on a country that has 265 different kinds of cheese.
I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.
No nation has friends only interests.
China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese.
No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent.
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.
In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then your skin and finally your soul.
Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.
The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines.
There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.
Art thou poor, yet hast thou golden slumbers O sweet content Art thou rich, yet is thy mind perplexed O punishment
Brave shoemakers, all gentlemen of the gentle craft.
Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.
© 2020 Inspirational Stories
© 2020 Inspirational Stories