Quotes About Leadership

Since those whose duty it was to hold the sword of France have let it fall, I have picked up its broken point.

How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?

I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to her errors and vomitings. I cannot prevent the French from being French.

France cannot be France without greatness.

Authority doesn't work without prestige, or prestige without distance.

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

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

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

I have come to the conclusion that politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.

Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.

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

Deliberation is the function of many, action is the function of one.

How can anyone govern a nation that has 246 different kinds of cheese?

How can you govern a country with two hundred and forty six varieties of cheese?

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is surprised when others believe him.

The graveyards are full of indispensable men.

The national task that had been incumbent upon me for 18 years is hereby confirmed.

The sword is the axis of the world, and grandeur is indivisible.

To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.

Massoud is dead, but not the hope ! (Massoud est mort, Mais pas l'espoir !)

People are no longer afraid of him.The spirit and the time are with him. (Il ne fait plus peur. L'esprit et le temps sont avec lui.)"

People conjugate to the present; politics to other tenses. (Peuple conjugue au présent; - Politique aux autres temps.)

Spartacus is dead, but he's still talking. (Spartacus est mort, Mais il parle encore)

The great men walk on their shadow: They anticipate the future. (Les grands hommes marchent sur leur ombre : Ils anticipent l' avenir)