Charles de Gaulle Quotes
- Of course one can jump up and down yelling Europe ! Europe ! Europe ! But it amounts to nothing and it means nothing. - View Quote Details on Of course one can jump up and down yelling Europe !…
- Anything can happen someday, even that an act conforming to honour and honesty can end up, at the end of the line, as a good political decision. - View Quote Details on Anything can happen someday, even that an act conforming to…
- Now she is like the others. - View Quote Details on Now she is like the others.
- “A foreign military leader whose daring was feared by those who profited by it.” De Gaulle said that MacArthur’s critics should “pay deserved tribute to the legendary service of a great soldier”. - View Quote Details on “A foreign military leader whose daring was feared by those…
- It is better to have a bad method than to have none. - View Quote Details on It is better to have a bad method than to…
- The government has no propositions to make, but orders to give. - View Quote Details on The government has no propositions to make, but orders to…
- Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself. - View Quote Details on Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping…
- Always go for the highest position, it is generally the least crowded. - View Quote Details on Always go for the highest position, it is generally the…
- How can you govern a country which has two hundred and forty-six varieties of cheese? - View Quote Details on How can you govern a country which has two hundred…
- How do they expect a one-party system to work in a country which has over 246 different kinds of cheese ? - View Quote Details on How do they expect a one-party system to work in…
- Why do you think that at 67 I would start a career as a dictator ? - View Quote Details on Why do you think that at 67 I would start…
- France was built with swords. The fleur-de-lis, symbol of national unity, is only the image of a spear with three pikes. - View Quote Details on France was built with swords. The fleur-de-lis, symbol of national…
- Politics, when it is an art and a service, not an exploitation, is about acting for an ideal through realities. - View Quote Details on Politics, when it is an art and a service, not…
- No policy is worth anything outside of reality. - View Quote Details on No policy is worth anything outside of reality.
- Men can have friends, statesmen cannot. - View Quote Details on Men can have friends, statesmen cannot.
- Treaties are like roses and young girls; they last while they last. - View Quote Details on Treaties are like roses and young girls; they last while…
- I am a man who belongs to no-one and who belongs to everyone. - View Quote Details on I am a man who belongs to no-one and who…
- The future does not belong to men… - View Quote Details on The future does not belong to men…
- There are three roads to ruin: by gambling, which is the quickest; through women, which is the most pleasurable; and through taking the advice of experts, which is the most certain. - View Quote Details on There are three roads to ruin: by gambling, which is…
- France cannot be France without greatness. - View Quote Details on France cannot be France without greatness.
- Yes, it is Europe, from the Atlantic to the Urals, it is Europe, it is the whole of Europe, that will decide the fate of the world. - View Quote Details on Yes, it is Europe, from the Atlantic to the Urals,…
- Within ten years we shall have whatever is necessary to kill 80 million Russians. Well I reckon one does not light-heartly attack people who are able to kill 80 million Russians, even if one can kill 800 million French, that is if there were 800 million French. - View Quote Details on Within ten years we shall have whatever is necessary to…
- Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak. - View Quote Details on Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong…
- Character is the virtue of hard times. - View Quote Details on Character is the virtue of hard times.
- I have come to the conclusion that politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians. - View Quote Details on I have come to the conclusion that politics is too…
- The sword is the axis of the world and grandeur cannot be divided. - View Quote Details on The sword is the axis of the world and grandeur…
- I am not ill. But do not worry, one day, I will certainly die. - View Quote Details on I am not ill. But do not worry, one day,…
- All my life I have had a certain idea of France. - View Quote Details on All my life I have had a certain idea of…
About Charles de Gaulle
Charles-André-Joseph-Marie de Gaulle (22 November 1890 – 9 November 1970 ) was a French military leader and statesman. During World War II, he reached the rank of Brigade General and then became the leader of the Forces Françaises Libres (”FFL” — the “Free French Forces”). Between 1944 and 1946, following the liberation of France from German occupation, he was head of the French provisional government. Called to form a government in 1958, he inspired a new constitution and was the Fifth Republic ’s first president, serving from 1958 to 1969.
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