Charles de Gaulle Quotes

It will not be any European statesman who will unite Europe: Europe will be united by the Chinese.

In order to become the master the politician poses as the servant.

The better I get to know men the more I find myself loving dogs.

It so happens that the world is undergoing a transformation to which no change that has yet occurred can be compared either in scope or in rapidity.

Charles de Gaulle

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

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

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Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.

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Old age is a shipwreck.

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Youll live. Only the best get killed.

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I was France.

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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.

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The sword is the axis of the world and its power is absolute.

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The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.

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The great leaders have always stage-managed their effects.

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You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.

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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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In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.

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How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?

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The graveyards are full of indispensable men.

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Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.

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Quotes by Charles de Gaulle

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