Author: Charles de Gaulle

Quotes

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

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

- Charles de Gaulle

Old age is a shipwreck.

Old age is a shipwreck.

- Charles de Gaulle

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

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

- Charles de Gaulle

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

- Charles de Gaulle

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

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

- Charles de Gaulle

The graveyards are full of indispensable men.

The graveyards are full of indispensable men.

- Charles de Gaulle

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

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

- Charles de Gaulle

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

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

- Charles de Gaulle

Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.

Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.

- Charles de Gaulle

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