Charles de Gaulle

"I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them."

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

"In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate."

"It is not tolerable, it is not possible, that from so much death, so much sacrifice and ruin, so much heroism, a greater and better humanity shall not emerge."

"Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first."

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

"Silence is the ultimate weapon of power."

"Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word."

"The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs."

"You'll live. Only the best get killed."