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

Charles De Gaulle
Some Similar Quotes
  1. Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. - Douglas Adams

  2. Politics determines who has the power, not who has the truth. - Paul Krugman

  3. Immer wieder behauptete Unwahrheiten werden nicht zu Wahrheiten, sondern, was schlimmer ist, zu Gewohnheiten. - Oliver Hassencamp

  4. What people want, mainly, is to be told by some plausible authority that what they are already doing is right. I don't know know of a quicker way to become unpopular than to disagree. - John Brunner

  5. A people religiously right, will not long remain politically wrong. - William Arnot

More Quotes By Charles De Gaulle
  1. Always choose the most difficult way, there you will not meet competitors.

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

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

  4. France has lost a battle. But France has not lost the war

  5. Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

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