Quote #38

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

Attribution disputed; shown as originally published.

More from Charles de Gaulle

  1. To General Jacques Massu : Alors Massu, toujours aussi con ? (So, Massu, still that stupid?)
  2. There are three roads to ruin: by gambling, which is the quickest; through women, which is the most pleasurable; and through taking the adv…
  3. That's a tall order, indeed.
  4. In the name of policy, change your friends.
  5. You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.
  6. Within ten years we shall have whatever is necessary to kill 80 million Russians. Well I reckon one does not light-heartly attack people wh…
  7. Treaties are like roses and young girls; they last while they last.
  8. Brazil is not a serious country.

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