top of page
Quote_1.png
Charles de Gaulle

"Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop."

Standard 
 Customized
"Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop."

Exlpore more Diplomacy quotes

Quote_1.png
Akiroq Brost

"The greatest security for Israel is to create new Egypts."

Quote_1.png
Akiroq Brost

"If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots."

Quote_1.png
Akiroq Brost

"He accomplished wonders of diplomacy on the principle, never give way, and never give offense."

Quote_1.png
Akiroq Brost

"Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations...entangling alliances with none."

Quote_1.png
Akiroq Brost

"A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age."

Quote_1.png
Akiroq Brost

"The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege of lying, either at home or abroad; they may be allowed to lie for the good of the state."

Quote_1.png
Akiroq Brost

"A stiff apology is a second insult... The injured party does not want to be compensated because he has been wronged; he wants to be healed because he has been hurt."

Quote_1.png
Akiroq Brost

"Frank and explicit - that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the minds of others."

Quote_1.png
Akiroq Brost

"You weren't able to talk sense into him?"Well, we kind of tried to kill each other in a duel to the death."I see. You tried the diplomatic approach."

Quote_1.png
Akiroq Brost

"Any negotiation has a limit. Otherwise, war is irrelevant."

Explore more quotes by Charles de Gaulle

Quote_1.png
Charles de Gaulle
"France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war."
Quote_1.png
Charles de Gaulle
"I might have had trouble saving France in 1946 - I didn't have television then."
Quote_1.png
Charles de Gaulle
"A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless."
Quote_1.png
Charles de Gaulle
"Old age is a shipwreck."
Quote_1.png
Charles de Gaulle
"The graveyards are full of indispensable men."
Quote_1.png
Charles de Gaulle
"In the tumult of men and events, solitude was my temptation; now it is my friend. What other satisfaction can be sought once you have confronted History?"
Quote_1.png
Charles de Gaulle
"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."
Quote_1.png
Charles de Gaulle
"A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends."
Quote_1.png
Charles de Gaulle
"Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so."
Quote_1.png
Charles de Gaulle
"Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown."
bottom of page