#ann

Abasement, degradation is simply the manner of life of the man who has refused to be what it is his duty to be. ↗

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

#duty #his #life #man #manner

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. ↗

— Charles de Gaulle

#being #cannot #errors #france #french

A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless. ↗

— Charles de Gaulle

#breathless #cannot #element #excited #grasp

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

— Charles de Gaulle

#i #me #only #resist #respect

One cannot govern with 'buts'. ↗

— Charles de Gaulle

#cannot #govern

Monetary policy itself cannot sensibly be directed at reducing imbalances. ↗

— Timothy Geithner

#directed #imbalances #itself #monetary #monetary policy

Leadership cannot really be taught. It can only be learned. ↗

— Harold S. Geneen

#cannot #learned #only #really #taught

You cannot run a business, or anything else, on a theory. ↗

— Harold S. Geneen

#business #cannot #else #run #theory

I think people could be a bit friendlier. The only real contact you have with people is when they're annoyed if you've had a party - you know, it's been a bit too noisy for them or something. ↗

— Boy George

#been #bit #contact #could #had

The methods by which a trade union can alone act, are necessarily destructive; its organization is necessarily tyrannical. ↗

— Henry George

#alone #destructive #methods #necessarily #one act