Charles De Gaulle Quotes

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

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Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.

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I have come to the conclusions that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.

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

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Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

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

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Brave shoemakers, all gentlemen of the gentle craft.

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France has lost a battle. But France has not lost the war.

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Treaties, you see, are like girls and roses they last while they last.

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The best of men That e'er wore earth about him, was a sufferer, A soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit, The first true gentleman that ever breathed.

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Art thou poor, yet hast thou golden slumbers O sweet content Art thou rich, yet is thy mind perplexed O punishment

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Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.

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I might have had trouble saving France in 1946-I didn't have television then.

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Only peril can bring the French together. One can't impose unity out of the blue on a country that has 265 different kinds of cheese.

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The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines.

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There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.

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Hearing Mass is the ceremony I most favor during my travels. Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back.

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One does not arrest Voltaire.

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Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.

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How can you be expected to govern a country that has 246 kinds of cheese

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Now I shall return to my village and there will remain at the disposition of the nation.

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There is no one person in the Bush administration who is indispensable aa with the exception of the president. Graveyards are full of indispensable people.

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How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over two hundred varieties of cheese

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I predict you will sink step by step into a bottomless quagmire, however much you spend in men and money.

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The cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men.

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