Charles De Gaulle

Quote link. Other quotes about: friend friends country: "A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends."
Quote link. Other quotes about: day life service: "As an adolescent ... I was convinced that France would have to go through gigantic trials, that the interest of life consisted in one day rendering her some signal service and that I would have the occasion to do so."
Quote link. Other quotes about: man: "Deliberation is the function of many, action is the function of one."
Quote link. Other quotes about: rain: "Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop."
Quote link. Other quotes about: glory: "For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her."
Quote link.: "How can anyone govern a nation that has 246 different kinds of cheese"
Quote link. Other quotes about: country: "How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over 200 varieties of cheeses"
Quote link. Other quotes about: country: "How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese"
Quote link. Other quotes about: people: "I have against me the bourgeois, the military and the diplomats, and for me, only the people who take the Mtro."
Quote link.: "I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians."
Quote link.: "I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously."
Quote link.: "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."
Quote link.: "In order to become the master the politician poses as the servant."
Quote link. Other quotes about: country: "In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country of the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate."
Quote link. Other quotes about: money men war sin: "I predict you will sink step by step into a bottomless quagmire, however much you spend in men and money. (On Vietnam War)"
Quote link. Other quotes about: respect: "I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them."
Quote link.: "It will not be any European statesman who will unite Europe Europe will be united by the Chinese."
Quote link. Other quotes about: world: "Love is the strongest force the world possesses, and yet it is the Greatness of a road leading towards the unknown."
Quote link. Other quotes about: old country: "My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial."
Quote link. Other quotes about: men: "Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so."
Quote link.: "Now I shall return to my village and there will remain at the disposition of the nation."
Quote link. Other quotes about: old time country: "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 link. Other quotes about: first people hate love: "Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first."
Quote link. Other quotes about: power: "Silence is the ultimate weapon of power."
Quote link. Other quotes about: believe never: "Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word."
Quote link. Other quotes about: believe never: "Since a politician never believes what he says, he is surprised when others believe him."
Quote link. Other quotes about: find men: "The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs."
Quote link. Other quotes about: men: "The graveyards are full of indispensable men."
Quote link.: "The great leaders have always stage-managed their effects."
Quote link.: "The national task that had been incumbent upon me for 18 years is hereby confirmed."
Quote link.: "To govern is always to choose among disadvantages."
Quote link. Other quotes about: young: "Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last."
Quote link.: "What do you take me for, an idiot"
Quote link. Other quotes about: think: "When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself."
Quote link. Other quotes about: americans america think: "You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination."
Quote link. Other quotes about: soul: "You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then your skin and finally your soul."

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