"In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant." ― Charles de Gaulle Topic(s): Politics More From Charles de Gaulle "The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs." "Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians." "Authority doesn’t work without prestige, or prestige without distance." More In Politics "I got this idea about being afraid to let go of something and being afraid of sinking into a state of almost anesthesia, where you have to trust other people. Just the paranoia of it all. And it seemed to suit the frenetic track. So I just wrote it out and, you know, said it."― Nick Rhodes "I was totally absorbed in the real world, the politics, the history, the news, and I just couldn’t find my way into the fictional world… When I finally could return to writing the novel, it was in fits and starts."― David Guterson "Economics, politics, and personalities are often inseparable."― Charles Edison